Chapter 1 Vocab Choice Board
Across
- 2. statements, based on repeated experiments or observations, that describe or predict a range of natural phenomena.
- 6. the action or process of observing something or someone carefully or in order to gain information.
- 7. the sciences concerned with the study of inanimate natural objects, including physics, chemistry, astronomy, and related subjects.
- 13. an arithmetical multiplier for converting a quantity expressed in one set of units into an equivalent expressed in another.
- 15. The variable that might change because of what the scientist changes – what is being measured.
- 17. the branch of science concerned with the nature and properties of matter and energy.
- 20. the study of living organisms, divided into many specialized fields that cover their morphology, physiology, anatomy, behavior, origin, and distribution.
- 22. a coherent group of propositions formulated to explain a group of facts or phenomena in the natural world and repeatedly confirmed through experiment or observation
- 23. the quality or state of being correct or precise.
- 24. the measurement or extent of something from end to end
- 26. the science that deals with the earth's physical structure and substance, its history, and the processes that act on it.
Down
- 1. each of the digits of a number that are used to express it to the required degree of accuracy, starting from the first nonzero digit.
- 3. an experiment in which all the variable factors in an experimental group and a comparison control group are kept the same except for one variable factor in the experimental group that is changed or altered
- 4. a way of expressing numbers that are too large or too small to be conveniently written in decimal form.
- 5. the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment.
- 8. the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry.
- 9. the branch of science which deals with celestial objects, space, and the physical universe as a whole.
- 10. manipulated variable is the independent variable in an experiment.
- 11. the quality, condition, or fact of being exact and accurate.
- 12. a coherent, typically large body of matter with no definite shape.
- 14. the degree of compactness of a substance.
- 16. a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.
- 18. a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.
- 19. the branch of science that deals with the identification of the substances of which matter is composed
- 21. the amount of space that a substance or object occupies, or that is enclosed within a container, especially when great.
- 25. a three-dimensional representation of a person or thing or of a proposed structure, typically on a smaller scale than the original.