Which one of the following statements concerning the plum-pudding model of the atom is false?
A)There is no nucleus at the center of the plum-pudding model atom.
B)The plum-pudding model was proven correct in experiments by Ernest Rutherford.
C)The plum-pudding model was proposed by Joseph J. Thomson.
D)Positive charge is spread uniformly throughout the plum-pudding model atom.
E)Negative electrons are dispersed uniformly within the positively charged "pudding" within the plum-pudding model atom.

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The plum-pudding model was actually disproven by Ernest Rutherford's gold foil experiment, which demonstrated the existence of a small, dense nucleus at the center of the atom. Therefore, statement B is false.

Which One of the Following Statements Concerning the Plum-Pudding Model