Nature of Science

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Across
  1. 3. a description made using the five senses
  2. 5. an educational guess
  3. 6. a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
  4. 8. aims to accurately and systematically describe a population, situation or phenomenon.
  5. 9. The sciences concerned with the study of inanimate natural objects, including physics, chemistry, astronomy, and related subjects.
  6. 11. systematic and scientific approach to research in which the researcher manipulates one or more variables, and controls and measures any change in other variables
  7. 13. a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses
  8. 14. the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry.
Down
  1. 1. a number that is fixed and known, unlike a variable which changes with the context
  2. 2. an interdisciplinary academic field that draws on ecology, geology, meteorology, biology, chemistry, engineering, and physics to study environmental problems
  3. 4. the variable (often denoted by x ) whose variation does not depend on that of another.
  4. 7. study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment
  5. 10. the variable (often denoted by y ) whose value depends on that of another.
  6. 12. a sample that remains the same