1 molecule of nitrogen (N2) reacts with 1 molecule of oxygen (O2) to produce some amount of nitric oxide (NO). Use the number of atoms in the products to answer the question below.

Chemical element Number of atoms in reactants Number of atoms in products

N 2 2

O 2 2

During this reaction, how many molecules of nitric oxide (NO) are produced?

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.