Question 1a) The diagram below shows a plan view of the apparatus used by Rutherford and his team which led them toproposing the nuclear model of the atom.Alpha source in leadcollimatorGTravelling microscopewith phosphorescentscreenGold foilDescribe how the apparatus was used to probe the microscopic structure of matter. [Suggested word count 150]b) Whilst the vast majority of alpha particles passed through the gold foil with little or no deviation, a smallfraction of them were scattered through larger angles, some even backwards. Commenting on these findingsRutherford wrote "It was almost as incredible as if you fired a 15-inch shell at a piece of tissue paper and it cameback and hit you."

Alpha source in lead collimator, Travelling microscope with phosphorescent screen Gold foil

a) The diagram below shows a plan view of the apparatus used by Rutherford and his team which led them to proposing the nuclear model of the atom. Alpha source in lead collimator B Travelling microscope with phosphorescent screen Gold foil Describe how the apparatus was used to probe the microscopic structure of matter. [Suggested word count 150]

a) The diagram below shows a plan view of the apparatus used by Rutherford and his team which led them to proposing the nuclear model of the atom. Alpha source in lead collimator B Travelling microscope with phosphorescent screen Gold foil Describe how the apparatus was used to probe the microscopic structure of matter. [Suggested word count 150]