Choose the correct alternative from the clues given at the 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.) 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.)