The barbed-wire fence symbolizes the gold foil in Rutherford’s experiment, with the gaps in the fence representing the empty space within an atom and the possibility of alpha particles passing through without deflection.
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The barbed-wire fence symbolizes the gold foil in Rutherford’s experiment, with the gaps in the fence representing the empty space within an atom and the possibility of alpha particles passing through without deflection.
The sound of the stones hitting the wall represents the detection of alpha particles hitting the atoms in the gold foil in Rutherford’s experiment.
When throwing stones at a barbed-wire fence, most of the stones do not hit the fence, resulting in fewer or no sounds heard, because the gaps in the fence allow the stones to pass through.
Each stone thrown at the wall produces a sound upon impact, and the child hears the sound each time.