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Answer the following question:
Could an orange with seeds inside soft pulp be a good comparison? In what ways does it match Thomson's idea and where does it fall short?
Answer variants:
The pulp of the fruit is neutral, whereas Thomson described the sphere as positively charged.
The seeds resemble electrons embedded inside the positive sphere.
Both the fruit and the atom have a roughly spherical shape.
The comparison only helps in visualising the model and is not an exact representation of an atom.
Similarities with Thomson’s Model:
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Limitations of the Comparison:
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