Have you heard the word "theory" used in a different way by non scientists in everyday conversation? How is this use of the word different from a scientific theory?
A scientific hypothesis can become a theory if the hypothesis is tested extensively and competing hypotheses are eliminated.
A hypothesis requires confirmation to advance to the status of theory.
The correct steps for the scientific method are: Observation Hypothesis Theory Scientific Law
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A scientific theory
A scientific theory is more elaborated than a simple hypothesis and generally is validated by experiments.
A hypothesis is what you believe will happen when you do an experiment. Scientific theory is when you use the data you have received from an experiment and create an idea that best suits your results. A theory can be related back to your original hypothesis, the experiment can prove whether your hypothesis was right.
A hypothesis is an educated guess on the possibility of some phenomena while a scientific theory is when the phenomena is confirmed by observation.
A proposed scientific idea is called a hypothesis. This is a tentative explanation for a phenomenon that can be tested through observations and experiments. If the hypothesis is supported by evidence, it may become a theory in the scientific community.
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that would be either a hypothesis or theory
A hypothesis is any concept concerning understanding something, anything. A (scientific) theory is a hypothesis which has been tested and found (so far) to be true. A "scientific law" is just a thumb-nail description of a theory (its never complete).