Download Scientists of the Atomic Theory - Reading/presentation understanding.

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Scientists of the Atomic Theory - Reading/presentation understanding.
(in text, Sec. 16A, pg. 388)
1. What is the most important aspect of a scientific model?
a. Why has the model of the atom changed?
2. Explain what part of the Greek model of the atom has been set aside by current scientific
knowledge?
a. What part of the Greek model can be refuted by Scripture? Explain
3. How did the ancient Greeks differ from European scientists in their pursuit of knowledge about the
world, especially the atom?
4. Discuss one aspect of John Dalton’s atomic model that was set aside by a later discovery.
5. What was the most significant question about the atom after Thomson’s discovery of the electron?
6. What made Rutherford conclude that the nucleus was an extremely small part of the atom?
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7. What phenomenon did Niels Bohr observe that convinced him that every atom has a unique
electron structure?
8. How do orbitals in the quantum model of the atom differ from orbits in the planetary model?
9. Consider this statement: “The Bohr model of the atom is wrong, and the quantum model is correct.”
Explain why you believe this statement is True OR False.