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In science we often rely on:

Indirect evidence

Theory

-a guess as opposed to fact


-explanation or model for something that is supported by evidence


-may have started as a guess but has been proven right with a number of evidence leading to believe that it is a fact


-constantly revised so that they fit the current evidence and best expains what we observe


-has several parts which concentrate around a single event/phenomenon

Law

-observed so many times that scientists are convinced that they will always happen


-highest level of proof


-almost always takes the form of a mathematical equation