Evolution of the Atom Model Quiz

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Which scientist is credited with proposing the nuclear model after conducting the gold foil experiment?

Ernest Rutherford

What is the relative mass of an electron compared to a proton?

Lighter

Who discovered the electron through cathode ray tube experiments?

J.J. Thomson

What is the charge of a neutron?

<p>+0</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which scientist is associated with developing the Bohr model of the atom?

<p>Niels Bohr</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the ancient Greek model, atoms were considered to be __________ particles.

<p>Indivisible</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which scientist proposed the plum pudding model, suggesting atoms were a positively charged sphere with negatively charged electrons embedded within?

<p>Thomson</p> Signup and view all the answers

In Rutherford's model of the atom, what is at the center of the atom?

<p>Positively charged nucleus</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which scientist's model described electrons orbiting the nucleus in discrete energy levels or shells?

<p>Bohr</p> Signup and view all the answers

The modern quantum mechanical model describes electrons as existing in __________ around the nucleus.

<p>Probability clouds</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which ancient Greek philosophers proposed the concept of atoms as indivisible particles?

<p>Democritus and Leucippus</p> Signup and view all the answers

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