chemistry Flashcards
What atomic model did John Dalton make?
Billiard Ball Model
What does “atomos” mean?
Uncuttable
Who came up with a theory that the world is made up of small, indestructible particles?
Democritus
When did Democritus come up with the atom theory?
Around 400 BC
Who discredited Democritus’s atom theory?
Aristotle
Aristotle believed that the Earth is made up of four elements. What are they?
Earth, Fire, Water, and Air
This model says that the atom is hard and indestructible.
Billiard Ball Model
Who made the Plum Pudding Model?
JJ Thompson
What model did JJ Thompson make?
Plum Pudding Model
This model says that the electrons are embedded in a positively-charged sphere.
Plum Pudding Model
What model did Ernest Rutherford make?
Nuclear Model
Who made the nuclear model?
Ernest Rutherford
This model says that the mass and all of the positive charge of an atom is concentrated in the nucleus.
Nuclear Model
Who made the planetary model?
Niels Bohr
What model did Niels Bohr make?
Planetary Model
This model says that the electrons travel around the nucleus in a circular orbit.
Planetary Model
This model says that their energy is proportional to their distance from the nucleus.
Planetary Model
Several scientists made this model.
Quantum Model
This model says that the electron is a wave and can be found in orbitals.
Quantum Model
This is the number of protons in the nucleus.
Atomic Number
It is also equal to the number of electrons, if the atom is neutral.
Atomic Number
What is the symbol for atomic number?
Z
This is the result of protons + neutrons.
Mass Number
What is the symbol for mass number?
A