EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: Democritus’s original atomic theory was revised because it claimed did not have a scientific basis. Democritus believed that atoms were unique to the element they were made of.

Detailed explanation-2: -Democritus did not carry out any experiments to see if his theory was correct, he based his theory on his observations. Unlike scientist today, Democritus lacked any solid evidence to support his theory.

Detailed explanation-3: -why were the ideas of Democritus not accepted? Democritus’s ideas were rejected by other philosophers of his time because he could not answer or explain what held atoms together as he did not know. Also his ideas did not agree with the ideas of other philosophers of the time.

Detailed explanation-4: -2 List two reasons why Democritus’ ideas were not useful in a scientific sense. They did not explain the chemical behavior. They lacked experimental support because scientific testing was not available at that time.

Detailed explanation-5: -Although Democritus’ theory was remarkable, it was rejected by Aristotle, one of the most influential philosophers of Ancient Greece; and the atomic theory was ignored for nearly 2, 000 years.