Atomic Structure
Particles
Quarks
Models
Discovery
100

What is the positively charged center of an atom called?

What is the nucleus?

100

What charge do electrons carry?

What is 1-?

100

How many different types of quarks have scientists confirmed?

What is six?

100

What is a scaled-up model used for?

What visualizes things that are too small to see?

100

What particle was discovered first, protons or neutrons?

 What are protons?

200

What particles are found in the nucleus of an atom?

What are protons and neutrons?

200

What are neutrons?

What are electrically neutral particles in the nucleus?

200

What are quarks?

What are smaller particles that make up protons and neutrons?

200

Why do scientists create models of atoms?

What helps to understand and visualize atomic structure?

200

Who first proposed the existence of atoms?

What is John Dalton?

300

What is the charge of a proton?

What is 1+?

300

How do scientists study quarks?

What is by accelerating charged particles and colliding them with protons?

300

What happens to protons in high-speed collisions?

What causes them to break apart?

300

How do new discoveries affect atomic models?

What requires updates to include new details?

300

How has our understanding of atomic structure changed over time?

What has evolved with new discoveries?

400

How does the number of protons relate to the identity of an element?

 What makes each element unique?

400

What are the charges associated with protons and electrons?

What are 1+ for protons and 1- for electrons?

400

What is the significance of studying quarks in atomic theory?

What helps understand the fundamental structure of matter?

400

What is the difference between a scaled-down and a scaled-up model?

What represents things that are too large versus too small?

400

What is one impact of discovering quarks on atomic theory?

What deepens the understanding of particle physics?

500

What is the smallest particle of an element that retains the element’s properties?

What is an atom?

500

What is the role of protons in determining an element's atomic number?

What defines the atomic number?

500

Name one method used to visualize quarks.

What are scaled-down models?

500

Give an example of a model that might represent atomic structure.

What is a ball-and-stick model?

500

How do collisions in particle accelerators contribute to scientific knowledge?

What reveals the structure of matter?