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Q: What makes an idea held by a scientist a theory?
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What famous scientist introduced the idea of natural solution?

Charles Darwin was the scientist that came up with the theory of Natural Selection.


What scientist were responsible for the theory of contenental drift?

A German scientist Alfred Wegener first proposed the idea of Continental Drift.


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theory is when a researcher, scientist, physician, nurse etc has an idea. testing is when they go to prove it either on humans or animals.


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Alfred Wegener proposed the theory of continental drift at the beginning of the 20th century. His idea was that the Earth's continents were once joined together, but gradually moved apart over millions of years. The idea was rejected at first as he was a Meteorologist and not regarded as a proper scientist.


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What makes a scientist right?

The scientist must propose an idea and document it with experiments that prove it. The experiments must be repeatable by others and the same result must be obtained by them


Whose idea makes up the cell theory?

because the gold from the place likes it and loves it


If a scientist performs an experiment does he have any idea of the outcome?

Your hypothesis is the guess you make as to what will happen. A scientist has that idea in mind when he or she makes the experiment to test that hypothesis. They may be right or they may be wrong, but they always have an idea of what's going to happen because that's why they do the experiment in the first place.


WHAT is a synonym for scientific theory?

a scientific theory is a well tested explanation for a wide range of observations of experiments in other words is an idea that makes sense.


Who interdouced the theory of cintinental drift?

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If evolution is widely accepted by scientist then why is it still a theory?

This is a common misconception. A theory is an idea that has been proven over and over through time and through many experiments, Such as the theory of gravity: The media usually confuses this with a Hypothesis, which would explain your confusion.