SCIENTIFIC THEORIES & LAWS

Theory or law? The cell _________ of living things: living things are made of cells, which explains how things grow and live.

• Theory

• Law

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

Theory or law: Atomic _____ of matter: all matter is made up of atoms. Explains why matter behaves a certain way.

• Theory

• Law

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Theory or Law? Big Bang _______: the universe came from one minute particle and expanded over billions of years to what we see today. Tries to explain how the universe was created.

• Theory

• Law

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

Theory or Law? Newton's first ______ of Motion: Objects will stay in motion unless stopped. Shows what happens with moving objects.

• Theory

• Law

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

• Theory

• Law

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NGSS.HS-PS1-7

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

Laws tells us that it happens but doesn’t describe how or why.

• True
• False

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.

Scientists all over the world are sure that all matter is made of atoms.  All of their investigations point to the fact that this is true.  Unfortunately, there is no way to know 100% for sure if atoms are real.  This means that the idea of atoms is a _________.

• question
• hypothesis
• theory
• law

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Can you disprove a hypothesis in a single experiment?

• yes

• no