## 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]]
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