Laws And Theories Flashcards
Once hypothesis has been proven
Scientists will develop a theory
“Theory” is a proposed explanation based on
An examination of facts
Theories can be _ or _
Proven
Rejected
Theories can be _ through experimentation or modeling
Altered
Theories are the basis of
Scientific knowledge
Theories are a way to take collected facts and
Putting them to practical use
Theories are basis of inventions such as
Rocket ships to mars
Scientific laws describe
What happens in nature
Example of a scientific law
Law of conservation of mass
Law of conservation and mass states
During chemical reactions, matter neither created nor destroyed
Law def
Natural process behaves same way every time
_ describes what happens
Law
_ describes why something happens
Theory
Who came up with law of conservation of mass
Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier
