Are electron shells or orbitals actually inside the atom or are they outside of the structure of the atom?

Electrons in atoms occupy energy levels, also called electron shells, outside the nucleus . Different shells can hold different maximum numbers of electrons. The electrons in an atom occupy the lowest available energy level first. This is the shell nearest the nucleus.

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the answer is c

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