An ionic bond is best described as
a) the sharing of electrons.
b) the transfer of electrons from one atom to another.
c) the attraction that holds the atoms together in a polyatomic ion.
d) the attraction between two nonmetal atoms.
e) the attraction between two metal atoms.

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.