You want to know if iron will rust faster at higher temperatures you conduct a series of experiments under different conditions
and you collect lots of information about your results when you are finished you can explain something that you've seen in all of your results. Now you can write -an inquiry
-a hypothesis
-a theory
-a law
A theory is an explanation which includes the reason for the cause of natural event, process and phenomena. This is supported by evidences obtained after conducting the experiment.
The given situation is an example of a theory. This is because an opinion is to be generated from results. The results can be used to generate the entire theory.
