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How is a scientific law unlike a scientific theory?

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The difference between scientific theory and scientific law!!! A scientific law is a description of an observed phenomenon. A SCIENTIFIC THEORY IS AN EXPLANATION OF AN OBSERVED PHENOMENON. UNLIKE LAWS, THEORIESACTUALLY EXPLAIN WHY THINGS ARE THE WAY THEY ARE..
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Both scientific law and theory are the scientific statements related to any natural phenomenon.

Both are the proved hypothesis but they differ as a scientific law tells how a natural phenomenon takes place whereas a theory explains why the natural phenomenon takes place.

A scientific law cannot be changed but a theory can be modified and changed when new evidence comes into existence.

Thus, both are different.

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