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100

He is known for coining the term "atom."

Who is Democritus?

100

During the gold foil experiment, alpha particles deflected off of these leading Rutherford to update Thomson's model of the atom.

What is the nucleus?

100

Protons, Neutrons, Electrons

What are subatomic particles?

100

This is the smallest unit of matter with its own unique set of properties.

What is an atom?

100

This solider turned God, tried to settle down and have a family but only after killing the entire pantheon of Greek gods.

Who is Kratos from God of War?

200

He proved that atoms weren't the indivisible spheres everyone believed for nearly 2000 years.

Who is J.J. Thomson?

200
The system necessary to demonstrate the conservation of matter.

What is a closed system?

200

Prior to the discovery of the nucleus, scientists believed this is what kept electrons in the atom.

What is an area of positive charge?

200

The negatively charged particle can be found zipping around the nucleus.

What is an electron?

200

This coffee loving singer recently released her new album Short and Sweet.

Who is Sabrina Carpenter?

300

His gold foil experiment rocked the scientific community by showing the atom wasn't hollow.

Who is Ernest Rutherford?

300

Burning these lead Bohr to understand that something was missing from Rutherford's atomic model.

What are metals?

300

This model updated Rutherford's to include orbits where electrons rotated around the nucleus.

What is the Bohr Model of the Atom?

300
While these subatomic particles are 2000 times larger than the electron, they don't have any charge of their own.

What is a neutron?

300

With a "Heart Like a Truck" and a career like a rocket, this singer won the CMA's entertainer of the year in 2023.

Who is Lainey Wilson?

400

This French chemist discovered the Law of Conservation of Mass before being beheaded for collecting taxes.

Who is Antoine Lavoisier?

400

Experiments with this device caused a breakthrough in the understanding that there is something smaller than an atom. 

What is the cathode ray tube?

400

Still considered essential for the development of our understanding of the atom, his atomic theory was eventually disproven.

Who is John Dalton?

400

While the nucleus carries two different subatomic particles, it carries this kind of charge.

What is positive?

400

This first person shooter has had 22 main line games and including minor releases and expansions has had 50 releases.

What is Call of Duty??

500

His contributions to chemistry included keeping detailed notes of his work for the nonscientific community.

Who is Robert Boyle?

500

Robert Millikan was experimenting with these when he determined that electrons are 2000 times smaller than their strength might suggest.

What are charged oil particles?

500

He updated Bohr's model because would couldn't know exactly where the electron is at any point. 

Who was Erwin Schrodinger?

500

According to the modern model of the atom, these are the areas we are more likely to find electrons.

What are orbitals?

500

While Hugh Jackman has played him for over 20 years, only one other actor has portrayed the character of Wolverine in live action in that time. 

Who is the Cavillrine, Henry Cavill?