Initially, scientists described atoms as the smallest particles of matter. However, smaller particles within atoms were discovered.How did the scientific world respond to this new information?

When scientists discovered particles smaller than atoms, they updated the atomic theory to account for the new evidence. Scientific theories are revised as new observations become available; the discovery did not require discarding all earlier ideas about atoms. Therefore, the correct choice is C, revising the theory that explained atoms to include the new information.

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