Concept 1: Nature of Science crossword

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Across
  1. 3. A quantity that is unknown but assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context
  2. 5. ideas based on scientific rules and laws that are generally accepted by scientists
  3. 8. the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry
  4. 9. a variable that stands alone and isn't changed by the other variables you are trying to measure
  5. 11. a thing that is known or proved to be true.
  6. 14. the application of mathematics and statistics to answer questions in biological and environmental sciences
  7. 15. group is used to establish a cause-and-effect relationship by isolating the effect of an independent variable
Down
  1. 1. the creative application of science
  2. 2. a scientific method of observation to gather non-numerical data
  3. 4. something that depends on other factors
  4. 6. the basic unit of life
  5. 7. group The group in a clinical research study that receives the drug, vaccine, or other intervention being tested
  6. 10. anything that can change or be changed
  7. 12. a carefully thought-out explanation for observations of the natural world that has been constructed using the scientific method, and which brings together many facts and hypotheses
  8. 13. describe phenomena that the scientific community has found to be provably true