1. in parts i and ii of the lab, what happened to the electrons of each element to produce the
different colors of light? explain your answers using important terins from the lesson and
information provided in the laboratory.

Which statement best summarizes the importance of ernest rutherford’s gold foil experiment? it proved that all of john dalton’s postulates were true. it verified j. j. thomson’s work on the atomic structure. it showed that an electron circles a nucleus in a fixed-energy orbit. it showed that a nucleus occupies a small part of the whole atom.