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Thomson's atomic model is best described by which of the following statements?

A nucleus with electrons moving around it like planets.

Neutrons surrounded by orbiting electrons.

A negative sphere with electrons surrounding it.

A positive solid sphere with electrons dispersed throughout.

Answer 1

In Thomson's model, electrons were free to rotate in rings which were further stabilized by interactions between the electrons, and spectra were to be accounted for by energy differences of different ring orbits

Answer 2

Thomson discovered the electron (particle with negative charge and therefore negative sign )