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= Science and Humanities =
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science: ** a way of knowing about the natural world Scientific explanations are based on observations and facts that can be confirmed or disproved by other scientists using accepted scientific techniques. ** law: **a description of how a natural phenomenon will occur under certain circumstances**
 * Kepler's Law of Planetary Motion describes the relationship between the time it takes a planet to go around the Sun and the planet's distance from the Sun. **

fact: **a natural phenomenon repeatedly confirmed by observation**
 * It takes Venus 225 days to go around the Sun. **

hypothesis : **a possible and testable statement about a natural phenomenon**
 * Newton proposed that the force of gravity between two objects depends on the distance between the objects. **

theory: **a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world that typically incorporates many confirmed observations, laws, and successfully verified hypotheses** SOURCE:  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/educators/teachstuds/pdf/unit1.pdf
 * Heliocentricism: the Sun is the center of our solar system. **