Which of the following describes what happens in a chemical reaction? A. The atoms in the reactants stay together to make the products.
B. Some of the original atoms disappear and others are added to make products.
C. Atoms of the molecules in the reactants are rearranged to make new substances.
D. New atoms are formed that are put together to make new substances.

Astudent is trying to create a table that compares hypotheses, theories, and laws. hypothesis theory law do scientific researchers formulate it? yes yes yes does it explain why things happen? yes yes no yes yes yes is it used to make predictions? no yes yes which of the following questions would most likely fill the blank in the table? is it an intelligent guess? is it newly formulated? is it based on observations? has it been proved?