Fact, Law, Hypothesis, or Theory? __ 2017 was the hottest non-El Niño year ever recorded. __ Greenhouse gases raise the global average temperature. __ The climate change may be driven by the actions of us, humans. __ The global climate is maintained in a compromise of competing influences from numerous sources within the entire solar system. __ An object less dense than the air flies up on its own. __ Atoms make and break chemical bonds by transferring or sharing their valence electrons to satisfy the octet rule. __ A firework is seen to burn with a green flame. __ High humidity may make the weather feel colder than expected. __ All life forms on Earth have developed through evolution: random mutations and survival of the most adaptable species. __ Mass of the whole object is always exactly the sum of its parts. __ Table vinegar is analyzed as 4.0% by mass aqueous acetic acid. __ First molecules of life may have come to Earth on a meteorite.

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Fact, Law, Hypothesis, or Theory?

__ 2017 was the hottest non-El Niño year ever recorded.

__ Greenhouse gases raise the global average temperature.

__ The climate change may be driven by the actions of us, humans.

__ The global climate is maintained in a compromise of competing influences from numerous sources within the entire solar system.

__ An object less dense than the air flies up on its own.

__ Atoms make and break chemical bonds by transferring or sharing their valence electrons to satisfy the octet rule.

__ A firework is seen to burn with a green flame.
__ High humidity may make the weather feel colder than expected.

__ All life forms on Earth have developed through evolution: random mutations and survival of the most adaptable species.

__ Mass of the whole object is always exactly the sum of its parts.

__ Table vinegar is analyzed as 4.0% by mass aqueous acetic acid.

__ First molecules of life may have come to Earth on a meteorite.

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