Thomson and Rutherford's Atomic Models

Niels Bohr

J.J. Thomson (correct)

James Chadwick

Ernest Rutherford

The atom is a solid sphere of positive charge

The atom is composed of alternating positive and negative layers

The atom consists of a large core of negative charge

The atom is mostly empty space with a dense positive charge at the center (correct)

Protons (correct)

Positrons

Electrons

Neutrons

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