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Which describes something in nature and predicts how it will behave without explaining why?
law
theory
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A scientific law describes a pattern in nature and predicts what will happen (often with a concise mathematical statement) but does not explain the underlying mechanism. A theory, by contrast, explains why those observations occur.
A scientific law describes a pattern in nature and predicts what will happen (often with a concise mathematical statement) but does not explain the underlying mechanism. A theory, by contrast, explains why those observations occur.
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