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What concept led to the synthesis of new elements in the laboratory?

  • Isotopes
  • Atomic mass
  • Valence electrons
  • Atomic number (correct)

Who discovered electrons, also known as 'corpuscles'?

  • J.J. Thomson (correct)
  • Johann Döbereiner
  • Ernest Rutherford
  • James Chadwick

What did Johann Döbereiner group elements into?

  • Periods
  • Groups
  • Triads (correct)
  • Isotopes

Which experiment involved the use of gold foil to discover the atomic nucleus?

<p>Ernest Rutherford's experiment (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What key factor made Johann Döbereiner's method of classifying elements obsolete?

<p>The identification of new elements (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which region of the periodic table consists of elements that display properties of both metals and nonmetals?

<p>Metalloids (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why did newly discovered elements not fit into Dobereiner's triads?

<p>'Triads' were based on atomic mass, not atomic number. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which scientist discovered the neutron?

<p>James Chadwick (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who proposed the idea of a tiny, extremely dense, positively charged region called the nucleus at the center of the atom?

<p>Ernest Rutherford (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which scientist suggested that electrons travel around the nucleus in definite paths?

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

Who refined Niels Bohr's experiment results after further investigating Rutherford's gold foil experiment?

<p>James Chadwick (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which model proposed by scientists demonstrated that electrons can be mostly found in specific regions around the nucleus?

<p>Electron Cloud Model (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who developed the idea that electrons follow a strict circular path around the nucleus?

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

In which year did Ernest Rutherford propose his nuclear model of the atom?

<p>1911 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who discovered the neutron after further investigating Rutherford's gold foil experiment?

<p>James Chadwick (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which scientist developed the concept that electrons can jump from one path on a level to another path on a different level?

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

Who developed the Electron Cloud Model in 1926 to mathematically determine regions where electrons can be mostly found?

<p>Erwin Schrödinger (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which scientist proposed an orbit model indicating the probability of finding an electron within a certain 'cloud' region?

<p>Erwin Schrödinger (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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