Barrett and Drew argue about undiscovered elements. Barrett says he can’t wait until we discover element 120 in our environment. Drew argues that we will probably never discover element 120 in our environment. Based on concepts you learned in this lesson, settle their argument. Identify who is probably correct and describe why.

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?