Atomic History




Over the past two weeks we have been talking about the history of atomic theory.  Choose one of the scientists whose ideas contributed to modern atomic theory.  Describe their ideas and how their discovery is important to what we now know about atoms.  This assignment must be completed by Friday (12/1) at 8am.

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63 Responses to “Atomic History”

  1.    Kaitlynn Powell Says:

    i choose Bohr said that electrons jump path to path on a electron cloud

  2.    Logan Says:

    Democritus discovered atoms. He said that if you keep cutting a coin eventually you will end with an ” uncuttable” particle. He called this an atom, which comes from the Greek word atomos, meaning indivisible. Aristotle did not believe his conclusions.

  3.    Cody Says:

    Bohr showed us that for an electron cloud, many electrons jump from path to path, and that is what he showed us. This has to do with the atomic theory.

  4.    Jordan Says:

    Democratus was the person who found out what an atom was and gave it its name from the word ATOMOS which means uncuttable I THINK :-)

  5.    Angela Says:

    I picked J.J Thomson he found an error in Daltons theory. He also discovered there are actually small particles inside an atom. He made a chocolate chip ice cream model. He discovered that atoms is mostly a postively charged material.

  6.    Eric Miller Says:

    Dalton said that all substances are made of atoms.Atoms are small particles that cannot be created,divided, or destroyed.Atoms of the same elements are exacly alike,and atoms of different elements are different. Atoms join with other atoms to make new substances.

  7.    Kaitlynn Powell Says:

    DEMOCRATUS had a therory that an atom was a solid ball and that atoms could not be cut into a smaller particle

  8.    Andrew Surah Says:

    DALTON belived that all substances are made of atoms….. and he was right!!

  9.    makayla Says:

    democritis was the founder of the meaning of an atom which the definition of an atom is at some point it cant be cut anymore

  10.    Richard Salazar Says:

    I would pick Bohr, he said that electrons jump path to path on electron clouds.

  11.    Nicole Partin Says:

    Democritus: Democritus said that if you keep cutiing a coin in half then you will eventually end up with and “uncuttable” particle. He called it and atom. The word atom comes from the greek word “atomos” wihch means indivisible.Aristotle did not believe him.

  12.    Jamie Says:

    I would chose Bohr because he said that Electrons travel around the nucleus, and he was right. he made a good contribution to our modern day theory. :)

  13.    ~~~~~♥Alexa♥~~~~~ Says:

    I’m going to pick Democritus. I pick him because he is the one that came up with the theory that you can keep cutting a subtance or object, till you finally reach an “uncuttable” piece or something that is indivisible. But it was a shame because another well known philosopher named Aristotle, disagreed completely with Democriyus so for like 1,000 years people thought Democritus was wrong, and Aristotle was right!!!!!!!!!!!!

  14.    Nahrain Paulis! Says:

    Thomson was a man that lived during 1897 that stated that there are small, negatively charged partices in an atom.He also conducted the cathode-ray tube experiment. His theory of atomic structure became the “plum-pudding” model.

  15.    ANGELiCA. Says:

    Democrutis, because he thought there would would always be a uncuttable piece, and he was predicted wrong by Dalton.. i think ?

  16.    nevada Aguilar Says:

    The person I type about here is Democratus, he was the Greek philosopher who discovered an atom was an uncutable particle, and stated if you keep cuting a coin in half you will eventually end up with an uncutable substance.

  17.    Evan Lung Says:

    Democratus, because he was the one who discovered the atom. He said that if you keep cutting an object in half you will end up with an uncuttible particle which he named the atom because it come from the greek word “atomos” which means uncuttable. Without him we might not even know about the atom and what it is today.

  18.    Ashlee Doty Says:

    Democritus:democritus is the “scientist who came up with the coin being an uncuttable particle.He is the guy who acually came up with the atom itself.he called it atom coming from the greek word atomos that means “indivisible”.yet aristotle didnt believe his “theory”.Democritus lived around 440 B.C. in Greece.

  19.    Summer Locke Says:

    I chose democritus on thing he said that if you keep cutting a coin eventually you will come to a particle that is uncuttable.He was the one who came up with the atom and people did not belive his theory.he lived in 440 b.c. in Greece.

  20.    grace a Says:

    Democritous…He discovered the atom. He also said if you keep cutting a susbstace it will become “uncuttable” or indivisible.

  21.    Savannah Weist Says:

    Democritus because he was the scientsist who discovered atoms were “uncuttable”. He also discovered that everything was made up of these atoms, which moved around in a void (a vacuum)

  22.    Priscilla Says:

    I picked Democritus because he is one of the my favorite and the one that i know most about he said cutting a coin it would eventully you would come to a particle that will be uncuttable and he was the one who came up with the atom and people did not believe his thory

  23.    Priscilla Says:

    I picked Democritus because he is one of the my favorite and the one that i know most about he said cutting a coin it would eventully you would come to a particle that will be uncuttable and he was the one who came up with the atom and people did not believe his theory

  24.    chris garcia Says:

    Democratis discovered atoms. he said once you cut a coin so many times it will be uncuttable.

  25.    dayllyn kerns Says:

    Damocritus lived in 440 b.c. and he sai atams were uncuttable and that you could divide a substance until you got to an atom

  26.    nacho Says:

    Democrotus had a theory that if you took something and kept cutting it eventually you would come upon a part that would be indivisible(uncuttable)

  27.    @nthony $tephen$ Says:

    democrotus thery if you cept cuting somthing eventually it will come to an uncuttable state. ~~~~~~~~~~$ YEAH $~~~~~~~~~~~

  28.    mikey roachy Says:

    democritus he discovered the atom and also named it

  29.    norman walker Says:

    my step dad he proved the theary that a car can run of of pure iar with no feal needed what so ever.

  30.    Marissa G. Says:

    I choose democritus. Democritius said that if u take a coin and keep cutting it and cutting then eventually u will come to a substance the will become “uncuttable”. He also made up the name for an atom “atomos” its greek for atom.

  31.    Elizabeth A. Says:

    I chose Democritius cause he came up with the idea that if you have a coin and you cut it and cut it and cut it that you wil end up with an “uncuttable” piece. He was wrong but his idea then was led to the thingking about atoms. He came up with the word atom from the Greek word “atomos”. He is an important scientist followed by many others.

  32.    Tabitha Elise Stewart III Says:

    Well…
    Democritus seemed like a pretty cool guy.
    Cuz like ehhh idk
    he came up with atoms and without him we would be stupid and we wouldnt be able todraw little pictures of atoms in mr. woods class!

  33.    catarina cardoso Says:

    Democritus said that atoma are small, hard particles,also that atoms are “uncuttable”, and that they constantly move.
    with much hearts&;

  34.    ♥reena♥ Says:

    Democritus said that atoms are uncuttable.If you cut up a coin to where it is uncuttable then it will be a perfect example of an atom but he was wrong.

  35.    Ashorina Betsamo♥ Says:

    Well…A Wise Old Man Once Said “If You Keep On Cutting An Atom Then Eventually There Willl Become An “Uncuttable” Piece.”

    -Democritus

  36.    Ashorina Betsamo♥ Says:

    Oh.And Tabitha Elise Stewart III Is Soooooo Right

    Love You Tabii

  37.    cassie Says:

    Democritus was the scientist who said if you keep cutting an atom then you will get a substance that cannot be cut down anymore he also named the atoms.

  38.    danil jackson Says:

    i like bohr because he looks like a caveman and i like his theory

  39.    JUNITA Says:

    Democritus discovered atoms.
    He said that if you keep cutting like metal eventually you will end with an “uncuttable” particle. He called this an atom which comes from the Greek word “atomos” meaning indivisible.

  40.    Salyna Says:

    i choose bohr he said that electrons jump path to path on a electron cloud

  41.    heather clark Says:

    i would pick Democritous he discovered the atom. He also said if you keep cutting a susbstace it will become “uncuttable” or indivisible.

  42.    mercedes Says:

    Democritus. I pick him because hes the one that came up with the theory that you can keep cutting a subtance or object, till you finally reach an “uncuttable” piece or something that is indivisible

  43.    ~*Avery*~ Says:

    Democritous, because he came up with the theory of atoms, and that it is “uncuttable”

  44.    Felicia Duenas Says:

    If I had to choose, which I do, I would have to choose Schrodinger & Heisenhberg. Althow all the scientists contributed to todays ideas of the atom i bealeave that they have corrected and goave the best contribution to todays modern theory of the atom. Many scientists back then fallowed the thought of the electrons being on some sort of pattern. But Schrodinger & Heisenhberg came up whith the electrons beeing in electronclouds, where electrons are LIKELY to be found. This hase also been agreed with the modern scientists. So, in this fashion I bealeave that Schridinger & Heisenhberg have the biggest contribution twords the Modern Atomic Theory.

  45.    josh Says:

    Democritous said atoms are uncuttable. He also said they cannot be destroyed. But that was proven wrong. He was one of the first scientists who studied it in the late 1800’s.

  46.    Michael Youngblood Says:

    Democritous, because he said that if you keep dividing something you will end up with an uncuttable piece which is the atom of the particle you are cutting

  47.    Marissa Smith Says:

    Democritus:
    He came up with the theory that if you keep cutting a coin in half that you will end up with a piece that is uncutable.

  48.    Jacob Scott Says:

    Bohr: He said that electrons travel in definite paths.

  49.    manuel Says:

    I choose dalton and he says that all substances are made of atoms.Atoms of the same elements are exacly alike,and atoms of different elements are different.he also says that that atoms join with other atoms to make new substances.

  50.    Andrew Taylor Says:

    I choose Dalton who that all substances are made of atoms.Atoms of the same elements are exacly alike,and atoms of different elements are different.he also says that that atoms join with other atoms to make new substances.

  51.    Josh Says:

    Democritus said that if you cut an object over and over you would eventually end up with an “uncuttable” particle that he called the atom, after the Greek word “atomos”.

  52.    norman walker Says:

    demosritus is the one that made the correct theary about the atom so there for he is the one that contributed the atom.

  53.    ANGELiCA♥ Says:

    THE ATOMiC THEORY iS PRETTY FUN BECAUSE YOU LEARN WHO iNVENTED THE ATOMS & ALL THOSE THiNGS. SO YEAH.. FUN(:

  54.    colton Says:

    I like democratis beacuase nhe said that if you cut an atom over and over again yoiu will eventually hanve an uncutable atom, the word atom came from the greek word atomas

  55.    Hii guys...its haley B Says:

    Democritus discovered atoms. He said that if you keep cutting a coin eventually you will end up with an ” uncuttable” particle. He called this an atom, in greek it is called an atomos, meaning indivisible. Aristotle did not believe his conclusions.

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  57.    sammie H. ^.^ Says:

    democratus discovered the ATOMIC THEORY

  58.    sammie H. ^.^ Says:

    democratus discovered the ATOMIC THEORY

  59.    sammie H. ^.^ Says:

    democratus discovered the ATOMIC THEORY

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  63.    bob Says:

    Mr.Wood, what is a greek word for uncutable?

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