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Why are the parts of an atom that electrons occupy called electron cloud
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Why are the parts of an atom that electrons occupy called electron cloud

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It's called and electron cloud because the electrons can move around their orbitals freely and they don't have a distinct path or rotation that they follow, it like a big jumble of particles flying around as they please.
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