Nature of Science
Across
- 3. what changes as a result of the independent variable manipulation in experiments.
- 8. what someone thinks will happen
- 11. one or more hypotheses become once they have been verified and accepted to be true
- 15. the pursuit and application of knowledge and understanding of the natural and social world following a systematic methodology based on evidence.
- 16. science that deals with the structure of matter and the interactions between the fundamental constituents of the observable universe
- 17. scientists study the natural world and propose explanations based on the evidence derived from their work.
- 18. any factor, trait, or condition that can exist in differing amounts or types
- 19. a scientific or industrial process, invention, method, or the like.
Down
- 1. a series of steps followed in a regular definite order
- 2. an assumption, an idea that is proposed for the sake of argument so that it can be tested to see if it might be true
- 4. a conclusion or opinion that is formed because of known facts or evidence
- 5. the study of life and living organisms
- 6. the end or close; final part.
- 7. the ability to effectively analyze information and form a judgment.
- 9. the study of matter, analysing its structure, properties and behaviour to see what happens when they change in chemical reactions.
- 10. a statement that describes an observable occurrence in nature that appears to always be true
- 12. the study of the Earth's structure, properties, processes, and four and a half billion years of biotic evolution.
- 13. The factors that do not change during the experiment.
- 14. variable that stands alone and isn't changed by the other variables you are trying to measure.