Intro to Science Crossword
Across
- 2. The area of the graph that the dependent variable goes on.
- 3. An opinion or guess about an observation.
- 9. A testable prediction that attempts to answer a question
- 10. _____ science is the study of living things and how they function.
- 12. An explanation for why/how something happens in nature.
- 13. The area of a graph that the independent variable. goes on.
- 17. Data in the form of descriptive words (example: tall)
- 18. A chart that shows the parts or percentages of a whole.
- 19. What we use to make observations about the world around us: taste, touch, sight, smell, and hearing.
- 20. A variable that a scientist manipulates, or changes, during the experiment.
- 23. The study of planets and outer space.
- 24. A _____ experiment is when only one variable is changed at a time.
- 25. A description for what happens in nature.
Down
- 1. A series of steps followed in order to investigate a question.
- 4. Data in the form of numbers.
- 5. A type of graph that compares numbers to numbers. The data points are connected.
- 6. A fact statement that's based on the 5 senses.
- 7. The change that is measured and recorded at the end of the experiment.
- 8. A factor that can change in an experiment.
- 11. Studying the natural world by gaining knowledge through observations and investigations.
- 14. Factor that stays the same in an experiment.
- 15. A type of graph that compares numbers to words; or multiple objects.
- 16. Used to compare numbers to numbers. Numbers shown in a range. Similar to a bar graph, but bars are drawn directly next to each other.
- 19. A ______ plot compares a number to a number. Data points are not connected.
- 21. Any piece of information gathered from an experiment.
- 22. _____ science is the scientific study of nonliving matter in the world/universe and how it works.