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i really need help with this and who ever can help completly understand and answer this question i willl give them 10 points

2006-06-10 11:17:30 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Chemistry

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In Greek atomic theory, the atom was considered the smallest, indivisible, particle of matter.
They view atoms as the basic building block of everything else, and all atoms were identical, different combinations of how they were put together determined the properties of the substance.

Of course, we now know that atoms themselves are made up of smaller, sub-atomic, particles, which are then intern made up of even smaller particles. Atoms are the smallest particles of a given element which will exibit the properties of that element. Different elements, and thus different types of atoms, exist. So the Greeks were not correct in that respect.

2006-06-10 11:39:56 · answer #1 · answered by mrjeffy321 7 · 1 0

THE ANCIENT GREEKS WERE THE FIRST PEOPLE TO THINK OF MATTER AS BEING MADE OF TINY PARTICLES.THEY IMAGINED THESE PARTICLES TO BE LIKE SOLID BALLS AND THIS IDEA OF ATOM REMAINED UNTIL THE EARLY 1900'S.AROUND THIS TIME EVIDENCE EMERGED THAT ATOMS CONTAINED AT LEAST 2 KINDS OF MATTER,SOME OF IT WITH A POSITIVE CHARGE AND SOME OF IT WITH A NEGATIVE CHARGE.A NEW MODEL OF ATOM WAS SUGGESTED-A BALL OF POSITIVELY CHARGED 'DOUGH'IN WHICH NEGATIVELY CHARGED ELECTRONS WERE DOTTED AROUND LIKE CURRANTS.

2006-06-10 19:27:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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