Multiple choice

New Zealand born British physicist whose most significant discovery was the nature of the structure of atom.

  1. Neil Bohr

  2. J. J. Thomson

  3. James Chadwick

  4. Earnest Rutherford
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Explanation

Ernest Rutherford discovered the nuclear structure of the atom through his gold foil experiment, showing that positive charge and mass are concentrated in a tiny nucleus. Niels Bohr developed the atomic model, J.J. Thomson discovered the electron, and Chadwick discovered the neutron.

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