Question

what is one characteristic of scientific laws? a scientific laws are constantly being developed, revised, or discarded. b scientific laws describe results that scientists expect every time certain conditions are met. c scientific laws were made to be broken. d scientific laws explain different results for the same repeated experiment.

Explanation:

• Option A: Scientific laws are well - established and not constantly developed, revised, or discarded in that way. Theories are more likely to be revised.
• Option B: Scientific laws describe what will happen (the results) when certain conditions are met. For example, Newton's second law \(F = ma\) describes the relationship between force, mass, and acceleration under certain conditions.
• Option C: Scientific laws are not made to be broken. They hold true under the conditions they are defined for.
• Option D: Scientific laws explain the consistent results of repeated experiments, not different results.

Answer:

B. Scientific laws describe results that scientists expect every time certain conditions are met.