Question

Which statement is most consistent with the plum pudding model of the atom?

1) Electrons occupy regions of space
2) Negative particles orbit a positive nucleus
3) The atom consists of mostly empty space
4) Negative particles are embedded in atoms

Answer 1

Answer: 4) Negative particles are embedded in atoms

Step-by-step explanation:

The plum pudding model of the atom depicts the atom as a solid sphere, positvely charged (pudding), and the negative charge, electrons (plums) uniformly distributed in the solid sphere (embedded in the pudding).

This is the electrons were distributed uniformly inside in a whole positive charge, just like plums in a pudding.

The scientist J.J. Thompson firts proposed this model to explain the neutral nature of the matter after the discovery of the electron.

Later, by 1911, the scientist Ernest Rutherforf, came out with the nuclear model of the atom as result of the gold foil experiment, which leat to think that the atom was mostly empty space (electrons surrounding a tiny nucleus).

Answer 2

The answer to this question would be: 1) Electrons occupy regions of space

In plum pudding model, the atoms are drawn as pudding and the negative particle is spread around the pudding. In this model, the electron is spread but not moving in orbit. Rutherford model that comes afterward is the one that says most of the atoms is empty space.