[Kleon]

Theories and laws within science are two very different things. Theories never become law.

No, all laws begin as theories. Only after intense scrutiny and many years can a theory become a law.

"For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction" began as a hypothesis, was tested and became a theory. As the theory gained more acceptance, it became a law of physics.

[Dimensio]

No, all laws begin as theories. Only after intense scrutiny and many years can a theory become a law.

No, laws are defined differently than theories. Theories are a general framework of -- for lack of a better term -- educated guesses that have been borne out through testing (that is, testing has yeilded results consistent with what the theories predict, and thus far the theories have not been falsified). Laws are a direct observation of consistency within the universe. The theory of gravity is an attempt to explain the phenomenon we know as gravity. The "law of gravity" is a specific mathematical formula that is used for calculating the effect of gravity.

[Physicist]

No, all laws begin as theories. Only after intense scrutiny and many years can a theory become a law.

Don't believe everything you heard in public school.

Laws are empirical relationships. Theories are conceptual models. Theories never become laws, and the two terms have nothing to do with the certainty or uncertainty of what they assert. Ampere's Law, for example, is known to fail under rather simple conditions, but a law it is, and ever shall be. The atomic theory of matter is known to be correct as the basis of chemistry, but a theory it is, and ever shall be.