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2. What is the difference between a scientific theory and scientific law?

A scientific theory attempts to explain why natural events occur while scientific law are
statements that describe natural events.
A scientific law attempts to explain why natural events occur while scientific theory are
statements that describe natural events

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Like theories, scientific laws describe phenomena that the scientific community has found to be provably true. Generally, laws describe what will happen in a given situation as demonstrable by a mathematical equation, whereas theories describe how the phenomenon happens

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