Question

In an atom, electrons ____.

Answer 1

Are carry negative charge and orbit the nucleus.

Answer 2

Although electrons are negatively charged they don't "orbit" the nucleus. They are found to be at different places at different probabilities and these places of where you're most likely to find the electron are called orbitals which are nothing like a planet orbiting the sun.

Answer 3

@Kainu is correct, but I assumed given the level of the question that it would be simpler to provide electron properties according to the Bohr model.

Answer 4

Yeah, I know, but I just don't see why anyone ever teaches the Bohr model in the first place anymore... It's wrong and only makes things confusing to new chemistry students who won't probably ever see the differential equations behind it. Lol oh well.