Physics GCSE
agreement with observations
What agreement with observations means in Physics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of agreement with observations
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When a model's predictions are tested against measurement and the two agree, which is why the scientific community adopted Bohr's version of the atom.
Topics that use agreement with observations
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