Vocab crossword physical science

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Across
  1. 2. a well-tested explanation for a set of observations or experimental results.
  2. 4. a system of knowledge about the natural world and the methods used to find that knowledge.
  3. 6. a statement that summarizes a pattern found in nature.
  4. 7. the ratio of a material’s mass to its volume
  5. 9. the study of the composition, structure, properties, and reactions of matter.
  6. 13. the straight-line distance between two points.
  7. 15. he closeness of a measurement to the true value of what is measured.
  8. 17. the amount of space taken up by an object.
  9. 18. an experiment in which only one variable, the manipulated variable, is deliberately changed at a time.
  10. 19. a gauge of how exact a measurement is.
Down
  1. 1. an organized plan used for gathering, organizing, and communicating information.
  2. 3. a variable that changes in response to a change in the manipulated variable.
  3. 5. the variable that causes a change in another variable / the variable that the scientist changes in an experiment.
  4. 8. an instrument for measuring temperature
  5. 10. information obtained through the senses.
  6. 11. the study of matter and energy and the interactions between the two through forces and motion.
  7. 12. the amount of matter in an object.
  8. 14. a proposed answer to a question.
  9. 16. a representation of an object or event.