## BIG IDEAS - Summaries of observations, either as a statement or a mathematical equation. - A scientific law does NOT explain the observations. - A scientific law does NOT include a cause. - Applies to a physical system under repeated conditions. >[!important] Laws are not upgraded theories. >A huge misunderstanding regarding the scientific method is that people believe a hypothesis is upgraded to a [[Scientific Theories|theory]], which can be upgraded to a [[Scientific laws|law]]. This is false. All three serve very different purposes and are separate. ## Examples - [[Newton's Laws|Newton's laws of motion]] - [[Law of Universal Gravitation|Law of Universal Gravitation]] - [[Hooke's Law]] - [[Coulomb's law]] --- Return [[Home|Home]] | [[Science]] | [[Classical Physics]] | [[Modern Physics]] | [[Measurements]]