Which of the Following Statements, All of Which Were Part

question 88

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements, all of which were part of Dalton's atomic theory, was later shown to be false?

• A) All matter is made up of very tiny indivisible particles called atoms.
• B) All atoms of the same element have the same chemical properties.
• C) Compounds are formed by the chemical combination of two or more elements.
• D) A molecule is a tightly bound combination of two or more atoms that acts as a single unit.

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Definitions:

Samples

Selected portions or subsets of a population used in statistical analysis as representations of the entire population.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of values, indicating how much the values in the set deviate from the mean.

Proportion

A statistical measure that reflects the size of a part compared to the whole, expressed as a fraction, percentage, or ratio.

Nonconforming

Refers to items, processes, or conditions that do not meet predetermined standards or specifications.