Intro Material Review

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Across
  1. 4. An animal with jointed feet
  2. 5. A theory that is backed up by enough evidence that it is considered indisputable and is extremely unlikely to be significantly changed or adjusted
  3. 6. A logical explanation for how things in nature occur
  4. 9. What you can see, hear, touch, taste, and smell of your subject
  5. 11. A disease or swelling of the brain
  6. 13. a device to measure time
  7. 15. Theories can (and do) get ___ as new evidence is discovered
  8. 16. Theories are often widely accepted as fact or close to it by the vast ___ of scientists
  9. 18. A mnemonic device to help remember the steps of the scientific method in order
  10. 20. ____ variable: is measured to gather information/data (the distance our planes flew)
  11. 22. the study of cells
Down
  1. 1. The answer to the problem. This should state whether the experiment validated the hypothesis
  2. 2. A statement of what the scientist believes will happen in the experiment and why they believe that will happen
  3. 3. the area above the windpipe
  4. 7. The study of the stomach
  5. 8. ____ variable: is the factor being tested (wing tip direction for our experiment)
  6. 10. A process to test the hypothesis
  7. 12. What you need (or want) to learn in the experiment→ usually worded as a question
  8. 14. Thing that changes (or varies) in an experiment
  9. 17. ____ variable: Things that could change, but you try to keep unchanging (ex: where you stood in the plane experiment)
  10. 19. ____ Method: The procedure that is followed in conducting effective experiments
  11. 21. What theories must be backed up by