If you are talking about the Gold-foil experiment:
During Rutherford's time, the JJ Thomson (plum pudding) model was the accepted version of an atom. However when Rutherford shot positive alpha particle rays at a piece of gold foil. Some of the particles bounced back, meaning that Atoms had a positive center. Most of the particles went through, which means that Atoms are mostly empty space.
Uhh...
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Do we eat leaves?
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I mean, yeah, we do... basil leaves...
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but really, what gives leaves energy?
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huh?
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I can't hear you.
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Think again.
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Say it aloud!!
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LOUDER.
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Yup. The sun.
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The sun never ends. See, the sun provides energy for plants. animals eat plants. we eat plants and animals.
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No sun?
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we dead
Answer: the upper right portion of the periodic table.
Explanation:
The hard parts of an organism, such as shells and bones.
CH₂O = C + 2.H + O
= 12.01 + 2 x 1.008 + 16
= 30.026 amu = 30.026 g/mol
