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What is a Theory?    

 

Above is a flow chart that explains how a "Hypothesis" can become a "Theory" and how a "Theory" can become a "Law".


Questions:

1.  Please copy the flow chart into your notes.

2.  It does not say the word "Hypothesis" anywhere in the flow chart.  What part of the flow chart do you think represents the "Hypothesis"?

3.  Looking at the flow chart, what happens if you perform an experiment and the evidence you find does not support your hypothesis?

4.  Looking at the flow chart, what happens if you perform an experiment and the evidence you find does support your hypothesis?

5.  Looking at the flow chart, once a theory is created (for example, Darwin's Theory of Evolution), what can you do next?

6.  Click on this link, and use the information to summarize what a "Hypothesis" is, what a "Theory" is, and what a "Law" is. 

7.  It does not say the word "Law" anywhere in the flow chart above.  If you were to draw an extra box that you would call "Law", where would you draw it?  Please draw it into your flow chart.

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