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Atomic History

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which scientist was the first person responsible for proposing the idea of atoms?

a)

Democritus

b)

John Dalton

c)

Ernest Rutherford

d)

J.J. Thomson

e)

Niels Bohr

2.

Which scientist was the first person responsible for proposing the discovery of the electron?

a)

Democritus

b)

John Dalton

c)

Ernest Rutherford

d)

J.J. Thomson

e)

Niels Bohr

3.

Which scientist was the first person responsible for proposing the discovery of the nucleus?

a)

Democritus

b)

John Dalton

c)

Ernest Rutherford

d)

J.J. Thomson

e)

Niels Bohr

4.

Which scientist claimed that the atom was a small, dense, solid sphere?

a)

Democritus

b)

John Dalton

c)

Ernest Rutherford

d)

J.J. Thomson

e)

Niels Bohr

5.

Which scientist's model is referred to as the Plum Pudding Model?

a)

Democritus

b)

John Dalton

c)

Ernest Rutherford

d)

J.J. Thomson

e)

Niels Bohr

6.

Which scientist's model is referred to as the Planetary model?

a)

Democritus

b)

John Dalton

c)

Ernest Rutherford

d)

J.J. Thomson

e)

Niels Bohr

7.

Which scientist proposed the idea that the electrons orbited the nucleus on fixed paths with designated energies?

a)

Democritus

b)

John Dalton

c)

Ernest Rutherford

d)

J.J. Thomson

e)

Niels Bohr

8.

Which scientist proposed that the atom was indivisible using the word "atomos"?

a)

Democritus

b)

John Dalton

c)

Ernest Rutherford

d)

J.J. Thomson

e)

Niels Bohr

9.

Which model of the atom is the most up to date model?

a)

The Billiard Ball Model

b)

The Plum Pudding Model

c)

The Planetary Model

d)

The Quantum Mechanical Model

e)

The Nuclear Model

10.

Which model of the atom describes the location of electrons as probable within a dense "cloud" surrounding the nucleus of an atom?

a)

The Billiard Ball Model

b)

The Plum Pudding Model

c)

The Planetary Model

d)

The Quantum Mechanical Model

e)

The Nuclear Model