Theory vs Law Practice

Theory or Law???  Predicts what will happen in the natural world.

• Law
• Theory

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Describes WHY the phenomenon happens and answers

HOW DOES IT HAPPEN?

• Law

• Theory

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Scientific theories are based on

• general guess 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.

  (EX: Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Astronomy)

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• theory

• law

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Theory or Law???  How the universe was formed.

• Law
• Theory

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Theory or Law???  Force = mass x acceleration

(hint: this is a mathematical equation!)

• Theory
• Law

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Theory or Law???  Explanation of how the dinosaurs disappeared.

• Law
• Theory

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Scientific theories never change once they have been written down.

• True
• False

Scientists create both scientific theories and scientific laws as they make observations and conduct experiments about the natural world. Which of the following statements most accurately compares the difference between scientific theories and scientific laws

• science laws are based on evidence while science theories are not

• science theories involve only biology, while laws involve all types of science

• science theories involve mathematical equations, while science laws are based on observations

• science theories are ideas that explain natural events, while science laws predict what will happen in a natural event.

Scientific theories can be tested.

• True
• False

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