Scientific Gentlemen
He was the Father of the modern Atomic Theory.
Who is John Dalton?
This identifies the atom and states the number of protons that it has.
What is the atomic number?
The three primary states of matter.
What are solid, liquid, and gas?
Another name for the rows of the Periodic Table.
What is periods or series?
The natural aging process of a body of water that comes from the Greek word meaning "well-nourished" because the water gains a high level of nitrates and phosphates.
What is eutrophication?
He discovered electrons by using cathode ray tubes and established the Plum Pudding Model of Atomic Theory.
Who is JJ Thomson?
This states the number of protons and neutrons in an atom.
What is the mass number?
These molecules are arranged tightly in a regular, repeating pattern and jiggle slightly when heated.
What is a solid?
Another name for the columns on the Periodic Table.
What is Groups or Families?
The state of an organism that has become totally deprived of oxygen.
What is anoxic?
Though outdated, his atomic model is still used for convenience when explaining Energy levels and electrons.
Who is Neils Bohr?
The three subatomic particles of an atom.
What is the proton, neutron, and electron?
These molecules are compressible, take the shape of their container, and fly in a straight line at great speed in all directions.
What is a gas?
3/4 of the Periodic Table is made up of these lustrous elements.
What are metals?
A widening channel of a river where it nears the sea, with a mixing of fresh water and salt (tidal) water.
What is an estuary?
His Gold Foil Experiment led to the discovery of the positively charged dense nucleus and its protons.
Who is Ernest Rutherford?
The dense positive center of an atom.
What is the nucleus?
These molecules are able to flow past each other and assumes the shape of its container.
What is a liquid?
Group 18 houses very stable gases that "think they are too good to associate with the common element."
What are the Noble Gases?
The oxygen freely available in water, vital to fish and other aquatic life.
What is dissolved oxygen?
His idea of ATOMOS is 2500 years old. He said they were indivisible and occupied a lot of empty space. He was proven correct 2500 years after his theory was ridiculed.
Who is Democritus?
The weighted average mass of the abundant isotopes written in decimal form.
What is the atomic mass?
As one adds energy, the state of matter changes. This change is known as ....
What is a phase change or state change?
The two men who planned the modern day Periodic Table...the first used playing cards and arranged it by Atomic Mass; the second arranged the modern day Periodic Table by the Atomic Number.
Who are Dmitri Mendeelev and Henry Moseley?
An organism that can grow and thrive in an oxygenated environment.
What is an aerobic organism?