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#3 Early Ideas about Matter

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  • Democritus lived ___ years ago.
    many / over 2000
  • Philosophers are people who (do experiments/think deep thoughts). Choose one.
    think deep thoughts
  • T/F: Democritus believed that matter could NOT be divided into smaller and smaller pieces forever.
    True
  • We __ see an atom with our eyes.
    cannot
  • Could Democritus prove his ideas about atoms?
    10
  • Matter is made of __.
    atoms
  • Everything that has mass and takes up space is called ___.
    matter
  • Who was the first person to come up with the ideas of atoms?
    Democritus
  • T/F: Democritus did experiments to prove that atoms existed
    False
  • Everything is made of ___.
    atoms
  • Atoms are always __.
    moving/shaking
  • Democritus could NOT prove his ideas about atoms because ___.
    he had no technology and did not know how to do science.
  • What is the Greek word meaning "indivisible"?
    atomos
  • Democritus was a ___.
    philosopher
  • Scientists are people who (do experiments/think deep thoughts). Choose one.
    do experiments
  • Atoms are very, very, very, very ___.
    small/tiny
  • T/F: Democritus believed that matter could be divided into smaller and smaller pieces forever.
    False