GCSE Chemistry – Models of the atom

Last updated: 14/04/2021

Learning Objectives

-I can describe how a scientific model can be developed
-I can describe the plum pudding model of the atom
-I can describe how Rutherford and Marsden’s experiment led to the nuclear model of the atom, and the ideas the Bohr contributed to the model
-I can state the Chadwick showed the existence of the neutrons

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  1. Who first created a model of the atom?

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  2. What did J.J Thomson discover?

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  3. When did J.J Thomson make his discovery?

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  4. What model did J.J Thomson construct?

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  5. Which of the following did J.J Thomson apply to the atom?

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  6. Which of the following did J.J Thomson apply to the atom?

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  7. What did J.J Thomson find the charge of an electron to be?

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  8. What was J.J Thomson’s description of the model he proposed?

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  9. What shape did J.J Thomson propose the atom was?

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  10. What did J.J Thomson find the overall charge of an atom to be?

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  11. What did Rutherford and Marsden discover?

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  12. What did Rutherford and Marsden discover?

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  13. When did Rutherford and Marsden make their discovery?

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  14. What did Rutherford and Marsden fire at an atom to construct their new model?

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  15. What type of radioactive particles did Rutherford and Marsden fire at the atom?

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  16. What type of atoms did Rutherford and Marsden carry out their experiment on?

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  17. What did Rutherford and Marsden find the charge of a proton to be?

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  18. What did Rutherford and Marsden propose was orbiting the nucleus?

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  19. What did Rutherford and Marsden propose was in the centre of the atom?

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  20. What did Rutherford and Marsden propose was in the nucleus?

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  21. What did Bohr discover?

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  22. When did Niels Bohr make his discovery?

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  23. What did Bohr propose within his model?

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  24. What did James Chadwick discover?

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