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The invention and use of the microscope showed scientists that germs could cause illness. Although there had been various understandings before for why people become ill, the discovery that microscopic germs can make people sick completely changed scientific understanding of why diseases exist and spread.
This change is an example of what?
how a law changes when new evidence disproves it
how a law stays the same as new scientific inquiries are made
how a theory changes as new areas of science open up
how a theory stays the same when new research confirms it
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how a theory changes as new areas of science open up
The microscope provided new evidence and a new way to study tiny organisms, which changed existing explanations for disease — an example of a scientific theory being revised when new scientific tools and observations open up new understanding.
The microscope provided new evidence and a new way to study tiny organisms, which changed existing explanations for disease — an example of a scientific theory being revised when new scientific tools and observations open up new understanding.
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