Question

the invention and use of the microscope showed scientists that germs could cause illness. although there had been various understandings before for why people become ill, the discovery that microscopic germs can make people sick completely changed scientific understanding of why diseases exist and spread. this change is an example of what? how a law changes when new evidence disproves it how a law stays the same as new scientific inquiries are made how a theory changes as new areas of science open up how a theory stays the same when new research confirms it

Explanation:

• A scientific law is a concise statement that describes an observed phenomenon and is generally considered to be universally true under certain conditions. It does not change easily. In this case, the understanding of why people become ill was not a law but rather a set of various understandings (which can be thought of as part of a broader theoretical framework).
• A scientific theory is a well - tested and comprehensive explanation of a natural phenomenon. Before the discovery of microscopic germs, there were different ideas (theories in a sense) about the cause of illness. The invention of the microscope opened up a new area of science (the study of microscopic organisms), and the discovery that germs cause illness changed the scientific understanding (the theory) of disease causation.

Answer:

how a theory changes as new areas of science open up