Newton’s Laws

Mathematical statement

Are based on FACTS

Predictable outcomes

Have been PROVEN

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Have evidence and results to support the proof

Momentums is the product of a bodies mass and its velocity

What will happen

describe natural phenomena.

can be proven or overturned

Testable explanations that have not been proven

Based on observations

Why something happens

No mathematical statement

Atomic Theory

Explanation of Nature

Earth’s magnetic field is generated by conducting fluid in its core.

The inverse- square law for gravy and Newton’s Laws of motion explain why orbits are ellipses

Have evidence to back the claim

Use to many predictions

Are based on observations