Name_____________________________________________________________________________Period_____

Atom Notes Guide

Protons, Neutrons and Electrons

Protonspositive charge and __________________ the same as neutron

Neutrons___________________ charge and weigh the same as a proton

Electronsnegative ______________, almost no _____________

Atomic Number and Mass

Atomic ____________________number of ___________________ in an atom

Atomic massnumber of protons and ____________________ in an atom

How may electrons does an atom need to have to be happy?

2 in the first shell, ____________ in each shell after

Atoms are too small to be seen so how do we know about them?

Observations are made during ________________________________ and then we
______________ things about atoms based on our observations.

Thomsons Experiment

Observations: Negative particles moved to the ______________________ end of
tube, positive particles moved to negative end of ___________________, positive
particles were way more ________________________

Inference about atom: its a positive _________________ with little negative
things ________________ in it.

Rutherfords Experiment

Observations: Most of the particles went through the _______________
________________ but some of them bounced back.

Inference: There was a hard, dense, ______________________ nucleus. Most of the
atom is empty space.

Atoms combine to make molecules

Molecules are made up of two or more _____________________.

How and why has our model changed?

How? It has changed from being the same __________________________ to being
made of smaller __________________ particles to having a nucleus.

Why? Weve done more experiments with better __________________________ and
learned new things.

Current Model of the atom

What are the limitations of our model of the atom?

The electrons are really far away from the ________________________. If the
nucleus were the size of an ______________________, the electrons would be as far
away as the size of the ______________________.

The movement of the electrons is not in __________________ ____________________.