Answers A-C would be considered pseudoscience, then. D can be considered scientific because there is definite evidence surrounding how genes are the codes in DNA that make everything the organism may need.
Pseudoscientific beliefs do not line up with the scientific method. Ask yourself: Which one can be proven to be a reproducible experiment that can be peer reviewed (verified) by other experts in the same field?
The type of atoms present in the chemical compound and the proportion or how many specific atoms are respect to other atoms in the chemical compound.
Answer:
5. the scattering of α particles by a metal foil
Explanation:
This is the classical Rutherford's experiment in which he bombarded a thin foil of gold with alpha particles which are positively charged helium nucleus.
He did observed that most of the particles passed through the foil relatively undeflected or if they were deflected it was by a very small angle.
Once in a while the alpha particle rebounded completely. An analogy is the one typically mentioned that it was as if we throw a ball at a piece of paper and it rebounds toward us.
This observations led Rutherford to conclude that the nucleus of the atom is very small positely charged and that the atom is relatively empty with electrons of very small masses. His model is referred as the Plum Pudding model and later Bohr modified it to the planetary model.
Answer:
i. Atomic radius of an atom is defined as the total distance from the nucleus to the outermost shell of the atom.
On moving from left to right ( Mg, K) in a period, more and more electrons get added up in the same shell and the attraction between the last electron and nucleus increases, which results in the shrinkage of size of an atom. Thus, decreasing the atomic radii of the atom on moving towards right of the periodic table.
As moving from top to bottom, there is an addition of shell around the nucleus and the outermost shell gets far away from the nucleus and hence, the distance between the nucleus and outermost shell increases.
Thus the order of atomic radii is : Ca > Mg > K
ii. The energy required to remove the last valence electron from isolated gaseous atom (first ionization energy) increases as we move from left to right in a period. It decreases on moving from top to bottom.
Thus the order of first ionization energy is : K > Mg > Ca
iii. The chemical properties depend on the valence elctrons and as the elements Mg and Ca both have two valence electrons , they have same chemical properties.
