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A student reported that a limp stalk of celery became crisp when placed in ice water If a hypothesis is shown to answer several different natural phenomena or supported by other evidence it can be reconsidered to be a ?

A theory A Law A Scientific Thesis An observation

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The correct answer is a law

Laws explain what occurs, not why it occurs. This is a law because it states that a limp stalk of celery will become crisp if put into ice water. There is no explanation why or how it occurs, only that it will happen.
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