Warming up to Atomic Structure

This assignment is due before 5 AM, Thursday, September 7th, 2000.

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The following three questions refer to the material you were to read in preparation to the lesson. Questions one and two require you to write a three or four sentence response. Number three is a multiple choice question. Click in the appropriate circle.

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WarmUp assignments are worth 5 points each lecture day towards your "WWW Exercises" score.




1.


If you were a magician and wanted to REALLY levitate something (no strings or mirrors), how would you do it?



2.

Prior to 1900, one might have interpretted this picture to be a silicon atom. Explain why one might make that choice. What experiment caused chemists to see that choice as incorrect?





3.

So far, the lecture material has covered

material I had already mastered.

mostly review material, not very useful to see it again.

mostly review material, but useful to see it again.

some new material and some review material.

mostly new material.

Below is a space for your thoughts, including general comments about today's assignment. What was hard or confusing (or cool)? What would you like to spend extra time on in class? Do you see how this subject fits in with the others we have discussed?




You may change your mind as often as you wish. When you are satisfied with your responses click the SUBMIT button.

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