what is the relationship between theory and observation?

Answer 1

in an observation u write down wat u hav observed!!!
output or result of an experiment etc....
but theory xplains wat u hav observed n why!!!!

Answer 2

many people observe things that they try to explain with a theory, once they have a theory they then observe to try and prove the theory right

Answer 3

observation leads to hypothesis which leads to experiments to test the hypothesis. Then multiple validations of a hypothesis through many and varied experiments eventually turn it into a theory. Then etc, etc, for a theory will turn it into a law