Intro to Science Crossword

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