Chapter 2 Review Flashcards
John Dalton created…
Atomic Theory of Matter
elements are composed of…
atoms
atoms are…
extremely small particles
all atoms of an element are…
identical
the atoms of one element are…
different from the atom of another element
Alpha rays
positively charged, heavy
Beta rays
negatively charged, light
Gamma rays
no charge; very high energy waves
Ernest ruthorford
Used alpha particles to study the atoms in gold foil
Who created the Planetary Model?
Ernest Ruthorford
Planetary model states…
= positive charge is concentrated in the nucleus
= the nucleus account for most of an atom’s mass
Protons
positively charged particles in the nucleus
Neutrons
electronically neutral particles in the nucleus
Electrons
negatively charged, distributed around the nucleus
Atomic number
number of protons in the nucleus
Mass number
total number of protons and neutrons