Chemistry: An Atoms-Focused Approach

Published by W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 10: 0393912345
ISBN 13: 978-0-39391-234-0

Chapter 1 - Matter and Energy - Questions and Problems - Page 35: 32

Answer

After a period of vigorous testing of the hypothesis and the hypothesis still holds true, then the hypothesis becomes a theory.

Work Step by Step

A hypothesis is thoroughly tested through observations and experimentation. It undergoes many rounds of this. A hypothesis also must predicts observations and outcomes of future experimentation accurately. After all of this, a hypothesis is then elevated to a theory.
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