Question

Which statement describes one feature of Rutherford’s model of the atom? The atom is mostly empty space. The atom cannot be divided into smaller particles. Electron clouds are regions where electrons are likely to be found. The electrons are located within the positive material of the nucleus.

Answer 1

The atom is mostly empty space

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Answer: The atom is mostly empty space.

Step-by-step explanation:

Before to Rutherford, the accepted model for the atom was Thomson's model:

The atoms were a positive sphere, with electrons occupying space in it".

This was called the "plum pudding model".

Then came Ernest Rutherford, and he created a model where the atoms are mostly empty space (void) with a positive charged nucleus (really compressed in the center), and the electrons were orbiting around it.

Then the correct option is that the atom is mostly empty space.