Multiple Choice
Rutherford's experiment was important because it showed that:
A) Radioactive elements give off alpha particles.
B) Gold foil can be made to be only a few atoms thick.
C) A zinc sulfide screen scintillates when struck by a charged particle.
D) The mass of the atom is uniformly distributed throughout the atom.
E) An atom is mostly empty space.
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