Question

The atomic model that describes an atom as a spherical object containing a certain number of electrons trapped in a mass of positive charge is often called ____ model.

Answer 1

Answer: raisin pudding model or plum pudding model

This atomic model was developed in 1904 by the British scientist J.J. Thomson, from his discovery of the existence of the electron in 1897.

Taking into consideration that at that time there was still no evidence of the atom nucleus, Thomson thought the electrons (with negative charge) were immersed in a substance (the atom) of positive charge that counteracted the negative charge of the electrons. Just like the raisins embedded in a pudding or bread.

That is why this model was called the raisin pudding atomic model