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Select the statement(s) that are true about scientific theories and scientific laws.
A scientific theory provides an explanation of why something happens.
A scientific law describes what happens in nature under certain conditions.
Scientific theories and scientific laws are based on many observations.
Scientific theories and scientific laws are well-tested explanations.
A scientific law explains why something in nature behaves in a particular way.
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True: 1, 2, 3.
- 1 is true — a scientific theory explains why phenomena occur (it gives an explanatory framework).
- 2 is true — a scientific law describes what happens under certain conditions (often a concise, usually mathematical, description of a pattern).
- 3 is true — both theories and laws are based on extensive observations and evidence.
False: 4 and 5.
- 4 is false because only theories are well‑tested explanations; laws describe observed patterns but do not themselves explain why those patterns occur.
- 5 is false because a law describes how things behave, not why they behave that way.
- 1 is true — a scientific theory explains why phenomena occur (it gives an explanatory framework).
- 2 is true — a scientific law describes what happens under certain conditions (often a concise, usually mathematical, description of a pattern).
- 3 is true — both theories and laws are based on extensive observations and evidence.
False: 4 and 5.
- 4 is false because only theories are well‑tested explanations; laws describe observed patterns but do not themselves explain why those patterns occur.
- 5 is false because a law describes how things behave, not why they behave that way.
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