Imagine you are a tiny ant walking on the surface of a tennis ball. That’s like being an atom on something huge, like your hand! When scientists make atoms really big, so they can see them, it's kind of like blowing up that tiny tennis ball until it becomes as big as a house. Then, those single atoms look super large because they are spread out in the right way.
Examples
- A single atom might look like a tiny ball on a giant field
- An ant walking on a tennis ball could be an atom on a hand
- Blowing up a tennis ball to the size of a house shows how big one atom can be
Ask a question
See also
- How Can a Single Atom Hold a Whole World Inside It?
- How Can a Single Atom Be Both a Particle and a Wave?
- How Can a Single Atom Hold So Many Secrets?
- What are quantum systems?
- What are quantum mechanical models?
Discussion
Recent activity
Categories: Technology · atoms· quantum mechanics· nano technology· light interaction· science phenomena