What is the difference between the following 2 statements?

a b c or d
Statement A: The finches on the Galapagos Islands, which have different beak shapes adapted to their specific diets, exemplify how species can evolve distinct traits in response to their environment.

Statement B: The gravitational attraction between the Earth and an apple, which causes the apple to fall from a tree to the ground, is expressed by Sir Isaac Newton's description of the gravitational force between two objects.

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Responses

Both statements are scientific theories.
Both statements are scientific theories.

Both statements are scientific laws.
Both statements are scientific laws.

Statement A is a theory and Statement B is a law.
Statement A is a theory and Statement B is a law.

Statement A is a law and Statement B is a theory.

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The correct response is:

Statement A is a theory and Statement B is a law.

Statement A discusses the concept of evolution, which is a scientific theory explaining how species adapt over time through natural selection. Statement B describes Newton's law of universal gravitation, which quantifies the gravitational force between two masses and is a scientific law.