The student distinguishes key elements of the scientific method and Descartes’ method, synthesizes their main ideas from audiovisual and bibliographic sources, and concludes how systematic reasoning and data representation guide scientific knowledge in physics.
Decide if each statement is: Observation, Fact, Hypothesis, Law, Theory, or Principle.
Objects fall toward Earth.
Gravity causes objects to fall.
If gravity increases, objects fall faster.
The acceleration due to gravity is 9.8 m/s².
Energy cannot be created or destroyed.
Why is a scientific theory not “just a guess”?