Question

Why was the atom so-named?

Answer 1

An atom is the smallest constituent unit of ordinary matter that has the properties ..... The number of protons in an atom is called its atomic number. Ernest Rutherford (1919) observed ...

Components: Electrons and a compact nucleus of protons and neutrons

Electric charge: zero (neutral), or ion charge

Mass range: 1.67×10−27 to 4.52×10−25 kg

Diameter range: 62 pm (He) to 520 pm (Cs) (data page)

Answer 2

because the people were not knowing, if they were not naming than we would suffer now. we could not identify and about the atoms which are tiny particles