KAYLY
1. Who were the main characters in the development of the atom
Modern atomic theory begins with the work of John Dalton. In 1911, Ernest Rutherford developed the first coherent explanation of the structure of an atom. Niels Bohr applied the quantum theory developed by Max Planck and Albert Einstein to the problem of atomic structure.
2. Why were they vital to the development of the atom.
Dalton's atomic theory is only the theory on which we base almost all our knowledge at the atomic level on (with a few minor changes). His theory is the theoretical foundations in chemistry
3. What made them different if anything.
Nothing. They were all scientists associated with discovering atoms.
4. Think about your lessons in history and discuss how the time period that they lived in determined the outcome of their discovery/ or how it influenced those individuals to be the names that we know today (aka did it matter where they grew up or if they had money?)
Scientists back in those days were probably the people who had a lot of money.. enough to go to college and learn all that and afford laboratories and supplies to discover the atoms.
5. Why do we consider the atomic theory still a theory? What are the new developments- would love for you to share new sources here about what you find.
Because Dalton had certain parts of it wrong. (2 of his theories)
6. Why does it matter that we understand the structure of the atom.
Everything is made up of atoms. We wouldn’t understand anything that makes up the world today or what it consists of if we didn’t even know what atom