Facts, Hypothesis, Theories, & Laws

Theory or Law? _________ of Thermodynamics: Matter can never be created or destroyed. Tells what happens with matter.

• Theory

• Law

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-7

Evolution is the widely held notion that all life is related and has descended from a common ancestor: the birds and the bananas, the fishes and the flowers
 -- all related That is, complex creatures evolve from more simplistic ancestors naturally over time.

• Fact
• Theory
• Law

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-1

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

A testable statement about the natural world that can be used to build more complex inferences and explanations. To be a hypothesis, a statement must contain a possible explanation.

• Fact
• Theory
• Law
• Hypothesis

In science, a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world that can incorporate facts, laws, inferences, and tested hypotheses.

• Fact
• Theory
• Law
• Hypothesis

You observe that, upon waking up each morning, your trashcan is overturned and trash is spread around the yard. You propose that raccoons are responsible. Is this fact, a law, a theory, or a hypothesis?

• Fact
• Law
• Theory
• Hypothesis

Scientific theories are based on

• general assumptions of how systems work.
• mathematical principles that can be proven true.
• large amounts of data collected over time.
• observations from within only one scientific discipline.

Can you disprove a hypothesis in a single experiment?

• yes

• no

Can you disprove a scientific theory based on a single experiment?

• Yes

• No

Theories are based on thousands of supported hypothesis and tons of physical evidence.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-1

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

A hypothesis must be based on measurable testable criteria. You can not measure "best", "most fun" or "prettiest".

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-3