November 12-18 Question 3

The topic that I have decided to write about today is the scientific theory. The scientific theory is “a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world that can incorporate facts, laws, inferences, and tested hypotheses.” The scientific theory is very important because it explains some parts of the natural world hat a lot of people don’t know about. Scientists, however cannot prove anything with the scientific method because it is an inductive process. Things cannot prove that a theory is correct or incorrect. Theories cannot be proved right or wrong so they stand correct until proven wrong and so far it has worked. An example of this would be the theory of relativity. People need to begin tests by forming hypotheses and then testing them to explore their hypothesis. The steps of the scientific method are all necessary to correctly research an idea or hypothesis. “The scientific definition of a term is generally a theoretical or operational definition.”