Atoms And Elements Flashcards
What are elements?
The building block chemicals.
What is everything made of?
Atoms
Groups of atoms are…
…molecules.
What shows all of the elements?
The periodic table.
The periodic table is split into…
…metals and non- metals.
Two Elements that occur in the ground are…
…gold and silver.
Two elements that occur in rocks are…
…copper and tin.
Two elements discovered using electricity or heat…
…Copper and tin and aluminium and sodium.
All elements are represented by…
…symbols.
What are compounds?
A chemical made from two or more elements joined together.
Who made the first discovery about atoms?
Circa 400 bc
Democritas
When was Coulomb’s law invented?
1780s.
Who invented the atomic theory in 1803?
John Dalton.
Who discovered the plum pudding atom model?
1896
J.J Thomson.
What did Ernest Rutherford discover and when?
All of the mass of the atom is in a positively charged ball at the atoms centre. (1909)