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The simplest pure substances are called
Elements
Why are elements often called the building blocks of matter
Beacause all matter is composed of one element or a combination of two or more elements
Compound is a combined with
two or more elements
Is a compound combined chemically?
Yes
What is a mixture combined with
Elements, compund or both
Is the mixture combined chemically
No
Sodium chloride is an example of a compound true or false
True
Is Air a mixture
Yes
Is Gasoline a mixture
Yes
Is Soil a mixture
No
Is oxygen a mixture
No
What is the smallest particle of an element called
An Atom
Why do scientist use models to help them udnerstand atoms
That way they will be able to see something that you can't see with your eyes
An atom of one element cannot be changed into an atom of a different element. Is this a Dalton's Atomic Theory
Yes
With only a few changes, Dalton's atomic theory is still accepted today. True or False
True
Who described the atom as negative changes scattered through a ball of positve charge
JJ Thompson
What experiment convinced Ernest Rutherford that the atom has a small, positively charged nucleus
The Gold Foil Experiment
The term Rutherford gave to the positively charged particles in the nucleus of an atom was
Peach
The atomic model of _____ reembled planets orbiting the sun
Bohr
What particle did Chadwick discover in 1932 that was hard to detect becasue it had no electrical charge
Neutron
Since 1930, the model of the atom has changed a great deal
False
Atoms have no overall electrical charge. True or False
True
Most of the volume of an atom consists of protoms and neutrons
True
Most of the mass of an atom is due to electrons
False
Atoms of different elements have the same number of protons
False
Matter
Anything that has mass and takes up space
Element
Simplest pure substance that cannot be broken down into any other substance
Compound
Pure substance made of two or more elements that are combined chemically in a specific ratio
Mixture
Two or more substances that are in the same place but NOT chemically combined
Atom
Smallest particle of an element
Scientific Theory
Well-tested idea that explains and connects a wide range of observations
Model
Physical or other representation of an idea to help people understand that they cannot observe directly
Electron
Negatively charged particle in an atom
Nucleus
Positively charged region in the center of an atom
Proton
Positively charged particle in nucleus of an atom
An atom is made up of
Protons, Neutrons and Electrons
Sceintist once thought atoms could not be divided into smaller parts. True or False
True
What happened when sceintist sent electric curernt through the tube
The gas inside the tube began to glow
How did the glowing beam travel?
It started at the negatively cahrged end of the tube and trveled to the positively charged end