Assignment: Student Research

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Scientists and Models

Dalton and Thomson and Rutherford and Bohr and

model model model model

Model Name

Picture

Protons

Neutrons

Electrons

Merits

Limitations
 C1ABD Models and Properties of Atoms

Reflections and Conclusions

1. Predict the chronological order of the models.

2. Which model has the best representation of the proton?

3. Which model has the best representation of the electron?

4. Which model has the best representation of the neutron?

5. Define the following terms.

Terms: John Dalton, J.J. Thomson, Ernest Rutherford, Niels Bohr, atom, postulates, Bohr
model, nuclear model, electron, proton, neutron, atomic theory, nucleus, energy level, atomic
mass