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7. Where can electrons be found in an atom?

- electron cloud
- nucleus
- both nucleus and electron cloud
- electrons cannot be found in atoms

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Electrons can be found in the electron cloud.

The nucleus contains protons and neutrons, not electrons, and atoms do contain electrons, thus the answer is the electron cloud (hence the name ELECTRON cloud)
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