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1.1.3 The development of the model of the atom (common content with physics)

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Why are scientific models used to describe atoms?

A

Atoms cannot be seen directly, so models provide a way of picturing them.

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The nucleus is extremely small but very dense.

C

Before the electron was discovered, atoms were pictured as tiny solid spheres that could not be divided.

D

Electrons showed that atoms contain smaller charged particles.

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