Which of the following is a characteristic of durable scientific knowledge?
a it remains unchanged over time
b it is rarely subjected to examination
c several scientists' investigations support it
d similar investigations yield dissimilar results.

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.