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How small are atoms?. Not accurate! Not drawn to scale!. The scale of small things. Red blood cells are small, right?. The scale of small things. Magnify one ‘til it’s the size of…. … the Earth. In the picture of the Earth, can you see a city? A building?. Why not?. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: How small are atoms?

How small are atoms?How small are atoms?

Not Not accurate!accurate!

Not drawn Not drawn to scale!to scale!

Page 2: How small are atoms?

The scale of small thingsThe scale of small things

Red blood cells are small, right?

Page 3: How small are atoms?

The scale of small thingsThe scale of small things

Magnify one ‘til it’s the size of… … the EarthIn the picture of the Earth, can you see a city? A building? Why not?

Page 4: How small are atoms?

The scale of small thingsThe scale of small things

An atom would then be the size of…

Back to the blood cell:

If we could magnify it that much,

Page 5: How small are atoms?

The scale of small thingsThe scale of small things

An atom would then be the size of…

… SAFECO Field!

Page 6: How small are atoms?

The scale of small thingsThe scale of small things

The nucleus would be the size of…

… the pitcher’s mound? No.… the baseball?… a stitch on a baseball? Yes.

Page 7: How small are atoms?

The scale of small thingsThe scale of small things

So you wouldn’t be able to see the nucleus in this picture!

(Electrons are even smaller.)

Page 8: How small are atoms?

Inside the nucleusInside the nucleus

Inside the nucleus there are smaller objects called quarks and gluons.

They are never seen on their own.