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Which of the following is true of a scientific theory?
         
       
      
      
      
          
      
      
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         Answer: C) It generates testable hypotheses, is supported by a large body of evidence, and is broad in scope.         
         
Explanation: A scientific theory is a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world, based on a body of facts that have been repeatedly confirmed through observation and experiment. Such fact-supported theories are not "guesses" but reliable accounts of the real world. Scientific theories are not ever proved in the sense of being proved to be 100% correct.
 
Examples of some scientific theories are ::
Evolution, gravity, atomic theory, the germ theory of disease, relativity, quantum theory, electromagnetic theory, layered Earth theory, etc...
 
       
      
      
      
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