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Is a law a theory or is a theory a proposed law

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Answer:

Neither

Step-by-step explanation:

  • A law is something in science that can be proved through experimenting. A law does not attempt to explain why something is the way it is, it only states it.
  • A theory is an idea that has a large amount of scientific data backing it and is the accepted answer by most scientists, but there is no way to experiment on a scientific theory. A theory will never be able to become a law. A theory explains what it is describing.

An example of a law is the law of conservation of energy, which has to do with how energy is used. Scientific experiments can be done to observe energy.

An example of a scientific theory is the theory of natural selection. Based off of data and observation, the theory of natural selection has been formulated, and the theory of natural selection explains why.

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Answer:

Theory is a proposed law.

Step-by-step explanation:

A proposed law is a law that has not yet been approved; a speculation made by an individual that has not yet been proven as a real thing. For example, I say that ice cream is now free for all, and that would be a completely proposed law since no one has approved that but me.

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