Author Question: What was a major competing theory in ancient Greece for the atomic theory of matter? What will be ... (Read 2138 times)

CQXA · **on:** Aug 27, 2018

What was a major competing theory in ancient Greece for the atomic theory of matter?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Who coined the term atom? Roughly when was it first used? What does the term mean in Greek?

What will be an ideal response?

Animal_Goddess · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Aristotle's model that all matter is made up of four qualities: hot, cold, moist and dry.

Answer to Question 2

The Greek philosopher Democritus coined the term around 400 B.C. It means that which is indivisible in Greek.