Question

Which conclusion could be made from Ernest Rutherford’s gold foil experiment?

Atoms are made up of mostly empty space.
Atoms are mainly solid and block alpha particles.
The volume of the nucleus is large compared to the rest of the atom.
The mass of the nucleus is small compared to the rest of the atom.

Answer 1

a. atoms are made up of mostly empty space

Answer 2

a. atoms are made up of mostly empty space.(this is because most of the atoms were able to pass through the gold foil undeflected)

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