Question

Which statement best describes John Dalton’s use of creativity in his work?
He reinterpreted and retested Joseph Proust’s results.
He used a philosophy to conduct his experiment.
He recorded his results as four parts of the atomic theory.
He rejected Democritus’s idea that matter was composed of atoms.

Answer 1

He recorded his results as four parts of the atomic theory.

Explanation: Dalton creatively organized his observations into a clear atomic theory (atoms as indivisible particles, identical for each element, conserved in reactions, and combining in simple whole-number ratios), which explained existing laws like definite proportions.