Before Rutherford conducted his alpha scattering experiments, the atom was thought of as a:
A)Plum Pudding
B)Apple
C)Fig
D)Bowling ball
E)Cake

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Before Rutherford's experiments proved the existence of a small dense nucleus in the atom, the plum pudding model was used. In the plum pudding model, electrons, neutrons, and protons were scattered like plums inside pudding, having no specific location.

Before Rutherford Conducted His Alpha Scattering Experiments, the Atom Was