describe natural phenomena.
Mathematical statement
Predictable outcomes
Based on observations
Momentums is the product of a bodies mass and its velocity
Earth’s magnetic field is generated by conducting fluid in its core.
Why something happens
Explanation of Nature
can be proven or overturned
Atomic Theory
No mathematical statement
What will happen
Testable explanations that have not been proven
Use to many predictions
Newton’s Laws
Are based on FACTS
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Have evidence to back the claim
The inverse- square law for gravy and Newton’s Laws of motion explain why orbits are ellipses
Have evidence and results to support the proof
Have been PROVEN
Are based on observations
