Chemistry
1. explain how different observations and experiments led to changes in the atomic model
2. Describe the properties and locations of protons, neutrons, and electrons in an atom.
start with dalton's postulates 1808 1)matter consists of small particles called atoms 2) atoms are indestructible and indivisible and 3 others you can google it
3. Explain what the mass number and atomic number identify about an atom.
then jj thompson discovered the electron in 1887 he proposed the plum pudding model of the atom which described atoms a negative charged electrons embedded in a sphere or positive charge
this is in the chemistry section
eugen goldstein discovered the proton earnest rutherford conducted the gold foil exp and concluded that atoms are mostly made up of empty space and its mass and +ve charge is focused in a central nucleus with electrons circling the nucleus in a fixed orbit
neils bohr proposed the atomic model based on the quantum theory in which electrons move around the nucleus in orbits and have fixed energy shells
1913 henry mosely prosed the existence of a particle with mass but no charge and begun the search for the neutron and in 1932 james chadwick detected the neutron by bombarding a be element with alpha particles
what i just did was basically go along the time line of the evolution of a scientific theory which shows that scientists can only disprove theories
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