Both scientific theories and scientific laws describe observed events. However, there are key differences between them:
A scientific law describes an observed pattern in nature without trying to explain it. Ask yourself a question....does this statement provide an explanation for an event or process that is happening? If there is an explanation, then it is not a scientific law.
Scientific laws often explain easily observable events, and become widely accepted pretty quickly.
Scientific laws often describe things mathematically.
A scientific law describes an observed pattern in nature without trying to explain it. Ask yourself a question....does this statement provide an explanation for an event or process that is happening? If there is an explanation, then it is not a scientific law.
Scientific laws often explain easily observable events, and become widely accepted pretty quickly.
Scientific laws often describe things mathematically.
Scientific theories, on the other hand explain things.
Because they are two distinct things, scientific theories do NOT eventually become scientific laws.
Because they are two distinct things, scientific theories do NOT eventually become scientific laws.