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Scientific Laws and Theories
- Scientific Law
- a statement that summarizes
a pattern found in nature
- A scientific law describes an observed pattern
in nature without attempting to explain it
- Newton's Law of Gravitational Force
- Newton's Second Law of Motion
- a statement that summarizes
a pattern found in nature
- Scientific Theory
- a well-tested explanation for a set of
observations or experimental results
- Scientific theories provide the
explanations for scientific laws
- Theories can never be proven. They
become stronger as new data supports it
- If theories do not explain new facts or
discoveries, they are revised or replaced.
- The kinetic theory of matter
- Einstein's theory of general
relativity
- a well-tested explanation for a set of
observations or experimental results
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