Paul G.Hewitt - Conceptual Physics 10e

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Fact

A phenomenon about which competent observers who have made a series of observations are in agreement.

 

 

Hypothesis

An educated guess; a reasonable explanation of an observation or experimental result that is not fully accepted as factual until tested over and over again by experiment.

 

 

law

A general hypothesis or statement about the relationship of natural quantities that has been tested over and over again and has not been contradicted. Also known as a principle.

 

 

Pseudoscience

Fake science that pretends to be real science.

 

 

Scientific method

Principles and procedures for the systematic pursuit of knowledge involving the recognition and formulation of a problem, the collection of data through observation and experiment, and the formulation and testing of hypotheses.

 

 

Theory

A synthesis of a large body of information that encompasses well-tested and verified hypotheses about certain aspects of the natural world.