What happens at the cathode in an electrolytic cell? A. Oxidation
B. Turning an ion into an uncharged atom
C. Melting
D. Reduction

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.