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Which statement or phrase best describes the currently accepted model of the atom?

1. Atoms are extremely small spheres which cannot be divided into smaller particles.
2. Atoms are like plum pudding with most of the mass being positively charged and evenly spread throughout the atom and electrons randomly placed throughout this mass.

3. Atoms contain a very small, dense, positively charged nucleus with electrons circling the nucleus
in defined paths called orbits.

4. Atoms contain a very small, dense, positively charged nucleus with electrons moving around the
nucleus in the electron cloud.

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Answer:

i am pretty sure that it is 4

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Answer:

4

Step-by-step explanation:

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