Combined Science GCSE
Empty space
What Empty space means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Reference: AQA
The nuclear model implies the atom is mostly empty space, unlike the plum pudding model.
Most of an atom is empty space between the nucleus and the electrons.
Topics that use Empty space
- Size and mass of atoms (AQA GCSE)
- The development of the model of the atom (common content with chemistry) (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Nucleus
- alpha particle scattering experiment
- Atomic number
- Atomic structure
- Charge and mass distribution
- Charge and repulsion
- Development of the atomic model
- electron
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