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He did many experiments with different chemicals to show that matter consisted of atoms. He did not know what they looked like but did know that they existed.
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He discovered that atoms have electrons and proposed a model for the structure of an atom. He knew that electrons have negative charges and thought that the atom may have a positive charge. He used raisins on the top of pudding to use this model.
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He bombarded atoms with alpha rays figuring that this could investigate the inside of an atom. He found out that electrons orbited the nucleus.
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He figured out that electrons do not spiral into the nucleus and explained why this doesn't happen. He also discovered that when electrons jump from a higher-energy orbit to a lower-energy orbit, they radiate energy and vice versa.
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He discovered that atoms act very similar to particle waves. He showed that atoms were mostly contained and have a basic shape if an atom was stable and if not it is a little more misshapen.
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I discovered that I really like watching YouTube while having a nice hot cup of cocoa. I also discovered I really like building Lego sets.