Question
Rutherford tracked the motion of tiny, positively charged particles shot through a thin sheet of gold foil. Some particles travelled in a straight line and some were deflected at different angles.
Which statement best describes what Rutherford concluded from the motion of the particles?
A) Some particles travelled through empty spaces between atoms and some particles were deflected by electrons.
B) Some particles travelled through empty parts of the atom and some particles were deflected by electrons.
C) Some particles travelled through empty spaces between atoms and some particles were deflected by small areas of high-density positive charge in atoms.
D) Some particles travelled through empty parts of the atom and some particles were deflected by small areas of high-density positive charge in atoms.
Answer:
The right answer is C)
Explanation:
In the experiment described above, a piece of gold foil was hit with alpha particles, which have a positive charge. Alpha particles <em>α</em> were used because, if the nucleus was positive, then it would deflect the positive particles. The principles of physics posit that electric charges of the same orientation repel.
So most as expected some of the alpha particles went right through meaning that the gold atoms comprised mostly empty space except the areas that were with a dense population of positive charges. This area became known as the "nucleus".
Due to the presence of the positive charges in the nucleus, some particles had their paths bent at large angles others were deflected backwards.
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Linear momentum of an object is the product of the object’s mass and velocity. Linear momentum is a vector quantity, and the direction of momentum is taken to be the direction of the object’s velocity.
or an object with mass moving at a velocity , the angular momentum with respect to a reference point is defined using the cross product as:
where is the position vector of the object that describes the object’s position with respect to the reference point. The units for measuring angular momentum is kg m2 s-1. Since angular momentum is defined in terms of a cross product, the direction of the angular momentum vector is taken to be in a direction perpendicular to both the particle’s position vector and its velocity vector .
<span>Displacement is the difference between the initial position and the FINAL position of an object.
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The correct answer is A. True.
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