Chemistry Atom Scientists and Determining Number of Protons, Neutrons, and Electrons

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______________ created the first atomic theory

John Dalton

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Dalton’s atom was like a….

Marble

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___________ discovered the electron.

JJ Thompson

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JJ Thompson’s atom was ??

PLUM PUDDING

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JJ Thompson used a….

Cathode Ray

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The plum pudding model includes _______ embedded in a sphere of positive charge

Electrons

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____________ discovered the nucleus

Ernest Rutherford

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The nuclear atom model is from??

Ernest Rutherford

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The nuclear atom was discovered with what experiment?

Rutherford’s Gold Foil experiment

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1 in ________ particles bounced back in the gold foil experiment

8000

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What is the charge of the nucleus?

Positive

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Most of an atom’s mass is?

The nucleus

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What charge are electrons?

Negative

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Atoms are ______

Neutral

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Who had the original idea that all matter was composed of atoms?

Democritus

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________ though that atoms were “uncuttable”

Democritus

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The diameter of an atom is ___________ times bigger than the nucleus

100,000

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Electrons

1-

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Protons

1+

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Neutrons

Neutral!!

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Isotopes are?

Atoms w/ the same number of protons but different number of neutrons

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Ion

Charged atom

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To find the proton number you…

Use the atomic number

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If the isotope is neutral, to find the electron number you…

Used the proton number

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If an ion, to find the electron number you…

Subtract: Proton - charge

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To find the mass number you….

Add: proton + neutron (this is not the atomic mass)

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To find the neutron number you…

Subtract: mass - proton