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Physical Science
Category: Science > Physics Asked by: musicfan-ga List Price: $3.00 |
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23 Feb 2006 05:22 PST
Expires: 27 Feb 2006 06:43 PST Question ID: 448743 |
What are the differences among a scientific fact, a hypothesis, a law, and a theory? |
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Re: Physical Science
From: sachina2005-ga on 23 Feb 2006 06:59 PST |
scientific fact - an observation that has been confirmed repeatedly and is accepted as true (although its truth is never final) hypothesis - a tentative theory about the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena; "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices" law - a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature; "the laws of thermodynamics" theory -a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena; "theories can incorporate facts and laws and tested hypotheses"; "true in fact and theory" The differences among a scientific fact, a hypothesis, a law, and a theory can be very well understood from the definitions. |
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