question_answer 1)

Choose the correct alternative from clues given at end of the each statement: (a) The size of the atom in Thomson's model is ...... the atomic size in Rutherford's model. (much greater than/no different from/much less than.) (b) In the ground state of ...... electrons are in stable equilibrium, while in...... electrons always experience a net force. (Thomson's model/Rutherford's model.) (c) A classical atom based on ...... is doomed to collapse. (Thomson's model/Rutherford's model.) (d) An atom has a nearly continuous mass distribution in a ...... but has a highly non-uniform mass distribution in ....... (Thomson's model/Rutherford's model.) (e) The positively charged part of the atom possesses most of the mass in (Rutherford's model/both the models.)  

Answer:

(a) no different from (b) Thomson's model ; Rutherford's model. (c) Rutherford's model. (d) Thomson's model, Rutherford's model. (e) both the models.