Using the scientific method for evaluation ideas can be evaluated. Some people confuse the words: guess, hunch, hypothesis, and theory. Experiments are used to validate explanations. Which of the following best distinguishes hypotheses from theories in science?

Hypothesis and theories are the equivalent to fictitious fictions about the future, where some come true and others do not.

Theories are hypotheses that have been proven.

Hypotheses are tentative guess; theories are correct answers to questions about nature.

Theories have a broad explanatory thesis involving many repeated observations, and experiment over time by many people; Hypotheses are usually more narrow in scope.

Hypotheses, guess, hunches and theories mean essentially the same thing.