Elements and the Periodic Table Date
Class
C
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Section 4.1 Quiz
If the statement is true write true. If the statement is false, change the underlined
word or words to make the statement true.
1. Atomic theory grew as a series of scientific models.
2. Ernest Rutherford thought that atoms were like smooth,
hard balls that could not be broken into smaller pieces.
3. The positively charged particles in an atom's nucleus are
called electrons.
4. Democritus suggested that electrons move in specific
orbits around the nucleus of an atom.
5. The modern model of an atom describes the atom as
mostly empty space.