Explain the difference between a theory and a law.

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Biology

Hebert

7 June, 03:43

Explain the difference between a theory and a law.

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Madisyn Hill · Answer 1

A scientific theory is NOT a wild guess. It must be consistent with known experimental results and it must have predictive power. As new knowledge is gained, theories are refined to better explain the data. A law is a mathematical relationship that is consistently found to be true

Edward · Answer 2

A scientific theory is a theory that explains the scientist's observations, whereas a scientific law is a repeated pattern in the world that we have not sought an explanation for. Also, a scientific theory is proven correct in this time, but may not be correct during future times.