Chapter 1 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 7. to determine whether a set of data supports a hypothesis
  2. 9. an organized way of finding a workable solution to a problem
  3. 11. the knowledge gained from the careful systematic investigation of the natural world
  4. 15. the group in a controlled experiment that is exposed to the experimental variable
  5. 17. an idea taken for granted or assumed to be true
Down
  1. 1. the group that is not being exposed to the experimental variable
  2. 2. a simple, testable statement about the answer to a problem
  3. 3. to obtain data through repeated experiments or surveys and observe similar results each time
  4. 4. the worldview that nature is the ultimate reality and that there is no supernatural force that started or sustains nature
  5. 5. a situation or process designed and controlled by a person for the purpose of gaining data about a particular problem and testing a particular hypothesis
  6. 6. the overall perspective from which a person sees and interprets the world
  7. 8. a person’s preconceived ideas or inclinations about a topic; what someone wants to believe
  8. 10. to arrange experimental data so that relationships can be seen
  9. 12. a piece of information that a person has gained by using one or more of the five senses
  10. 13. a logical conclusion
  11. 14. God’s command for humans to have dominion over the earth
  12. 16. Variable the factor or condition being changed in a controlled experiment