Question

Rutherford proposed that...

A) the atom is mostly solid space

B) the electrons are spread through a solid, positive nucleus

C) electrons are located surrounding a nucleus

D) atoms are the smallest particles of matter

Answer 1

it is B because when he made the rays go through the atoms, a very small little of it created a repulsion which resulted in him proposing that there is a dense, positive nucleus in the atom while electrons are spinning around.