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| scientific law | A description statement or equation that predicts natural events under certain conditions, describes WHAT natures does |
| scientific theory | An explanation for some phenomenon that is supported by a large quantity of evidence, it EXPLAINS HOW nature works |
| Heliocentric Theory | The earth and other planets revolve around the sun |
| Big Bang Theory | The universe formed as the result of a giant, violent explosion |
| Cell Theory | The cell is the basic structural and functional unit of all animals and plants |
| Continental Drift Theory | Continents were once all one land mass, but have moved from their original locations |
| Theory of Evolution | All species of plant and animal life developed gradually from a small number of common ancestors |
| Plate Tectonics Theory | The earth has an outer shell of rigid plates that move about on a layer of hot, flowing rock |
| Law of Motion: Inertia | An object at rest stays unless a force acts on it to move it; a moving object will continue moving at the same velocity and in the same direction unless a force acts to change it |
| Law of Conservation of Mass | The mass of all substances in a chemical reaction is the same after the reaction as before the reaction. In a chemical reaction |
