Nature of Science

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Across
  1. 4. Metric prefix meaning 1/1000 (.001) times the base unit.
  2. 5. Data you give a description, opinion and meaning to that you can't measure.
  3. 6. Metric prefix meaning 1/100 (.01) times the base unit.
  4. 7. The variable being changed in response to another variable, usually what is measured.
  5. 9. A graph plotted along the x and y axis in columns.
  6. 13. Metric unit for liquid volume.
  7. 14. Data that shows quantities (numbers).
  8. 15. For science to be valid, experiments must be __________ by other scientists
  9. 16. The process of finding answers to questions about the natural world.
  10. 17. The degree of exactness with which a measurement is made and stated.
  11. 18. A round graph that also is known as a pie chart.
  12. 19. Scientific claims are based on ________ explanations against observations.
  13. 23. Changeable factor in an experiment.
  14. 27. Describes how close a measured value is to the true value of the quantity measured.
  15. 29. Metric prefix meaning 1000 times the base unit.
  16. 30. The study of how energy and matter are related to each other in time and space.
  17. 31. A sample where the independent variable is not changed.
  18. 33. A philosophy weighing the benefit of the science versus the potential cost.
  19. 36. The variable under the experimenter’s control, what the scientist changes.
Down
  1. 1. The predominant measuring and units system worldwide.
  2. 2. An idea that has not yet been tested.
  3. 3. Data you can assign a number or measurement to
  4. 5. Data that shows topics or categories.
  5. 8. Scientific claims are subject to _________ and replication. (2 words)
  6. 10. Spatial or solid volume is measured in ________ centimeters.
  7. 11. Type of line on a graph As X increases, Y decreases.
  8. 12. Type of line on a graph As X increases, Y also increases.
  9. 18. Variables that are kept the same for the basis of comparison.
  10. 20. A quantity that can be measured.
  11. 21. States what will happen under certain conditions.
  12. 22. The equation for this measurement is grams mass / volume.
  13. 24. Scientific ideas are developed through reasoning based on observable _____.
  14. 25. Metric unit for mass
  15. 26. Theories can be __________ based on new information.
  16. 28. Metric unit for temperature.
  17. 32. A graph plotted along the x and y axis in lines.
  18. 34. Explains why something happens.
  19. 35. Metric unit for length.