1 The Law of Conservation of Mass states that matter cannot be created or destroyed but transferred or transformed. Antoine Lavoisier, who heated various substances, and documented their quantitative relationships, demonstrated this law. His observations showed that the mass of the reactants is equal to the mass of the products in a chemical reaction. Justify why Lavoisier's conclusions were considered a law instead of a theory. ALavoisier provided a correct explanation of an observed pattern in nature with evidence

B Lavoisier attempted to explain the results of his experiments

C Lavoisier described an observed natural pattern supported by empirical evidence

D Lavoisier applied the results of one experiment to explain a wide variety of circumstances.