Question

Question #86ac6

Answer 1

yes.

Explanation:

this fact was came to know by Rutherford `alpha` scattering experiment.
when `alpha` particles were bombarded on a gold foil, most of them goes undeflected showing the same. only a few came back by `180^0` showing that nucleus is very small as compared to the atom as a whole.

Answer 2

Yes.

Explanation:

To give you an idea of the empty space, if the hydrogen atom were scaled up so that the proton at the center became the size of a grape, the electron would be the size of the tip of a grain of rice orbiting 3 miles away.