electron a falls from energy level x to energy level y and releases blue light. electron b falls from energy level y to energy level z and releases red light. which transition, from x to y or from y to z, has a greater energy difference? explain your answer and how you arrived at it. use a diagram of the electromagnetic spectrum.

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.