How is a hypothesis different from a law or theory?

A hypothesis is an assumption about the patterns of an event, phenomenon, process. Until this assumption is proven, it remains a hypothesis. For example, the hypothesis of “gamete purity” put forward by G. Mendel, hypotheses about the origin of life on Earth. A theory is a set of propositions put forward on the basis of facts obtained as a result of observations. experiments, analysis and generalizations. For example, the theory of cell structure, T. Morgan’s chromosome theory. A proven hypothesis becomes a law or a theory.



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