Nature of Science Quiz

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Across
  1. 2. A basis for describing phenomena and explaining why something occurs in nature, widely accepted as being true but can be changed over time.
  2. 3. A possible answer to a question based on prior knowledge and observation.
  3. 6. Described, not measured.
  4. 8. When a different scientist completes additional trials of the experiment by following the same procedures, done to get same/similar results which creates validity.
  5. 9. Conclusions or deductions based on observations.
  6. 11. A variable that is being tested in an experiment, the variable that is changed.
  7. 12. Measurable or countable.
  8. 14. Any information collected with the senses.
Down
  1. 1. A type of science, the study of matter and energy.
  2. 4. A type of science, the study of Earth, its parts, and its surroundings.
  3. 5. A variable that changes based on the independent variable, it is what you measure or count.
  4. 7. When the same scientist completes additional trials following the same procedures to limit the bias of an experiment.
  5. 10. A type of science, the study of living things.
  6. 13. A simple statement that describes some pattern in nature, must hold true without exception.