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Which activity best demonstrates Ernest Rutherford’s creativity?
questioning the correctness of the plum pudding model
designing an experiment to test the plum pudding model
making observations about the gold foil experiment
summarizing the conclusions from the gold foil experiment as a theory

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designing an experiment to test the plum pudding model

Rutherford’s creativity is best shown by devising the gold‑foil experiment—an original experimental design that used alpha‑particle scattering to test and ultimately overturn the plum pudding model.