Chapter 4 Flashcards
Disagreed with Democritus because he didn’t believe empty space could exist
Aristotle
First person to propose the idea that matter was not infinitely divisible, but made up of individual particles called atoms
Democritus
Theory that easily explained conservation of mass in a reaction as the result of the combination, separation, or rearrangement of atoms
Daltons atomic theory
Cathode Rays are a stream of particles carrying a ___ charge
Negative
Measured the affects of both magnetic and electric fields on the cathode ray to determine the charge to mass ratio of a charged particle, then compared it to known values
JJ Thomson
Used oil drop apparatus to determine the charge of an electron
Robert Millikan
Studied how positively charged alpha particles interacted with solid matter, gold foil
Ernest Rutherford
Atoms with the same number of protons but diff neutrons
Isotope