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Why did it take so long for the scientists to prove that matter was made of atoms?
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∙ 14y ago
They have to double check maybe three times to make sure that their correct.
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How long did it take scientists to figure out everything we know about atoms?
2400 years
Did Einstein help prove atoms were real?
No, they had been shown to be real long before Einstein was born.
Why did people ignore Democritus idea for so long?
because he thought atoms were indivisble chunks of matter while todays science proves atoms can be divided into sub-atomic particles
Do fossils help scientists understand climate changes long ago?
Yes, scientists have used fossils to prove that continents were once one big super-continent named Pangaea.
Why do scientists use symbols to represent atoms?
Symbols are universally understood across many languages. Also, using symbols rather than full names helps scientists to avoid the repetition of writing the long names of elements and atoms again and again.
Would scientists come up with the cell theory if microscopes were never invented?
Quite probably yes. After all, Dalton proposed the existence of atoms in early 1800s, long before there were machines that were powerful enough to see atoms with!
What did the rocket boys prove by their success?
they proved that no matter where you come from, or what your background is, as long as you have motivation and support you can accomplish your dreams. even though these kids came from a coal mining town, they were able to use their passion for aeronautics to help them achieve their goals of becoming rocket scientists.
Has Lamarck's theory of evolution been proved?
Scientists do not prove things. Lamarck's theory is long refuted as acquired characteristics and the use and disuse concepts are not explanations for evolution of populations.
How do scientists use the rate at which radioactive elements decay in rocks?
they measure how long it takes for half of its unstable molecules to turn to more stable atoms, a half life
How does temperature cause matter to change states?
This could be a long answer but simply, the more heat, the more energy the atoms/molecules have (causing more powerful vibrations in the atoms), making it easier to break the bonds between the molecules/atoms. this will change the state of the compound/element in question :)
How long has it been that scientists have accepted that the nucleus of the atom consists of neutrons and protons?
Ernest Rutherford discovered protons in the nuclei of atoms in 1918, and James Chadwick discovered neutrons in 1932.
Is dying of consumption the same as dying from turberculosis?
The truth is, no one knows. The majority of scientists believe that consumption is the same as tuberculosis, but because the term was used so long ago, the scientists have no evidence to prove what the disease was in modern day terms. the same goes for the "Black Death" and the bubonic plague
