Chapter 1 Vocab Choice Board

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Across
  1. 2. statements, based on repeated experiments or observations, that describe or predict a range of natural phenomena.
  2. 6. the action or process of observing something or someone carefully or in order to gain information.
  3. 7. the sciences concerned with the study of inanimate natural objects, including physics, chemistry, astronomy, and related subjects.
  4. 13. an arithmetical multiplier for converting a quantity expressed in one set of units into an equivalent expressed in another.
  5. 15. The variable that might change because of what the scientist changes – what is being measured.
  6. 17. the branch of science concerned with the nature and properties of matter and energy.
  7. 20. the study of living organisms, divided into many specialized fields that cover their morphology, physiology, anatomy, behavior, origin, and distribution.
  8. 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
  9. 23. the quality or state of being correct or precise.
  10. 24. the measurement or extent of something from end to end
  11. 26. the science that deals with the earth's physical structure and substance, its history, and the processes that act on it.
Down
  1. 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.
  2. 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
  3. 4. a way of expressing numbers that are too large or too small to be conveniently written in decimal form.
  4. 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.
  5. 8. the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry.
  6. 9. the branch of science which deals with celestial objects, space, and the physical universe as a whole.
  7. 10. manipulated variable is the independent variable in an experiment.
  8. 11. the quality, condition, or fact of being exact and accurate.
  9. 12. a coherent, typically large body of matter with no definite shape.
  10. 14. the degree of compactness of a substance.
  11. 16. a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.
  12. 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.
  13. 19. the branch of science that deals with the identification of the substances of which matter is composed
  14. 21. the amount of space that a substance or object occupies, or that is enclosed within a container, especially when great.
  15. 25. a three-dimensional representation of a person or thing or of a proposed structure, typically on a smaller scale than the original.