Classify each description as a hypothesis, theory, or law. Hypothesis Theory Law an explanation that hasScientists, after many a description that predicts been tested and verified experiments, state that matter at happens, but is composed of atoms. does not explain how A doctor thinks, but has not verified, that a patient with stomach pain has appendicitis. an untested explanation based upon observation or known facts
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A law can be an assumed idea which is omnipresent but how it is reached is not explained. A theory is a general statement, which is built after a number of observations. Theories serve as the reasons behind a law A hypothesis is a proposed explanation of a phenomenon. It lacks evidence and observation. A hypothesis becomes a theory when it is tested by a series of experiments. Following statements comes under the purview of theory, law or hypothesis: An explanation that has been tested and verified: THEORY, it shows the observation. .A doctor thinks, but has not verified, that a patient with stomach pain has appendicitis: HYPOTHESIS, the case has no evidence of absolute appendicitis. shows the observation. An untested explanation based upon observation or known facts: HYPOTHESIS, lacks evidence. . A description that predicts what happens, but does not explain how: LAW