GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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PHYSICS

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A scientific fact is
A
close agreement by competent observers of observations of the same phenomena.
B
something you believe is true because you have been taught it.
C
a guess that has been tested over and over again and always found to be true.
D
an educated guess that has yet to be proven by experiment.
E
a synthesis of a collection of data that includes well-tested guesses.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In science, a fact is a close agreement by competent observers who make a series of observations of the same phenomenon. A scientific hypothesis is an educated guess that is not fully accepted until demonstrated by experiment.

Detailed explanation-2: -A scientific fact, on the other hand, is generally something that competent observers can observe and agree to be true.

Detailed explanation-3: -scientific hypothesis, an idea that proposes a tentative explanation about a phenomenon or a narrow set of phenomena observed in the natural world.

Detailed explanation-4: -A hypothesis is an idea or proposition that can be tested by observations or experiments, about the natural world. In order to be considered scientific, hypotheses are subject to scientific evaluation and must be falsifiable, which means that they are worded in such a way that they can be proven to be incorrect.

Detailed explanation-5: -A “fact, ‘’ in scientific terms, is an observation that has been repeatedly confirmed by the studies of different independent scientists. In other words, it is a phenomenon that has been observed so frequently that its existence is no longer being questioned.

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