Law and Theory

A generalization or rule that describes recurring fact or events in nature (indisputable).

• Theory

• Pseudoscience

• Law

• Model

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

True or False.  Theories describe things and laws explain things.

• False

• True

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?

• Scientific laws are based on evidence, while scientific theories are not.

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

• Scientific theories involve mathematical equations, while scientific laws are based on observations.

• Scientific theories are ideas that explain natural events, while scientific laws more reliably predict natural events.

Which of these can change when new evidence is presented?

• theory

• law

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NGSS.HS-LS4-1

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Which of these explain how a natural phenomenon works or happens?

• theory

• law

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NGSS.HS-LS2-3

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

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Which of these describes a natural phenomenon or relationship that always occurs under specific conditions

• theory

• law

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A scientific ____________ is a statement that describes what always happens under certain conditions in nature.

• law

• theory

• method

• variable

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A set of principles that explains and predicts a phenomena is called a _____. 

• scientific law

• scientific method

• scientific theory

• scientific instructor

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States that something will happen under specific conditions. Mathematically supported.

• Hypothesis

• Theory

• Law

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