M Beasley

By miranda.beasley
  • 101

    Democritus ~ 429 BC

    First person to think of the atom.
    Thought atom was a solid sphere.
  • 102

    Aristotle ~ 400 BC

    Thought everything was made of air, earth, water, and fire.
    Didn't think things were made of atoms like Democritus did.

  • Sir Isaac Newton

    Tiny pieces of mass "swimming" around.

  • Dalton

    1. Matter-composed of atoms. (T)
    2. Atoms-can't be destoyed or made. (F)
    3. All atoms of same elements are identical. (F)
    4. Different elements = different atoms (T)
    5. Chemical reactions occur when atoms are rearranged. (T)
    6. Compounds are formed from atoms of a different elements. (T) Thought that the atoms was a circle.

  • Becquerel

    Helped discover radioactivity.
    Thought atom was a solid sphere.

  • J.J. Thomson

    Discovered negative particles.

  • Robert Andrews Millikan

    Measured the mass and charge of an electron.

  • Rutherford

    Gold foil experiment.
    Proved nucleus was in the middle of the atom and electrons surround it.

  • Bohr

    Depicted atom as small, positively charged nucleus surrounded by electrons.

  • Francis Aston

    Discovery of isotopes of non-radioactive elements.

  • Erwin Schrodinger

    Consists of nucleus and clouds.
    Discovered formula that calculated the odds of where an electron might be.
    Proved Bohr incorrect.

  • Chadwick

    Discovered the neutron.