Chem standard f what is the difference between a hypothesis and a theory

What is a hypothesis

a hypothesis is a proposal or guess to what will happen in an experiment and can be tested to see if true.

to make a hypothesis you need a if...then ... statment.

What is a theory

A theory is a statment made after the observations have been made and the hypothesis has been tested mulitple times and has been proven true.

So a hypothesis can be what you think will happen in an experiment and a theory is your hypothesis that was proven true it is what did happen in the experiment. The hypothesis and the theory work hand in hand you cant have one without the other you need to first make a hypothesis then prove it true to have a theory. You also need to run multiple test to ensure that no errors were made.