Question

Water melon model and plum pudding model of the atom are essentially the same.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is A True

• Thomson's model atom is also known as plum pudding model or water melon model.
• It can be regarded as a watermelon model since electrons are embedded in the atoms in a scattered way like the seeds of a water melon.
• It can be called as a plum pudding model as well since the description is very similar to plum pudding, a english dish.
• Hence the given statement is true.