Across
- 2. inquiry- An ongoing, orderly, cyclical approach used to investigate the world
- 3. science- The study of nonliving matter and energy
- 4. The systematic study of the universe that produces observations, inferences, and models, including the products that it creates through this systematic study
- 6. A workable explanation or description of a phenomenon
- 7. The study of matter and energy and the interactions between them
- 8. A model, often expressed as a mathematical equation, that describes phenomena under certain conditions
- 11. A standardized system of measurement units used for science. SI stands for International System of Units (from the French System International; d’Unites)
- 12. Mandate- God’s command that directs us to exercise wise and good dominion over His creation to the glory of God and for the benefit of fellow humans
- 13. The degree of exactness of a measurement; can indicate the closeness or repeatability of measurements
- 14. The comparison of a measurement to an aqueous solution
- 15. An initial, testable explanation of a phenomenon that stimulates and guides scientific investigation
Down
- 1. A system of moral values; a theory of proper conduct
- 5. The study of the composition, structure, and properties of matter,and the changes that take place in matter
- 6. Data that is based on numbers or quantities; includes a number and a unit; also known as quantitative data
- 9. The basis upon which a model is assessed taking into account how well it explains or describes a set of observations and how well the model makes predictions
- 10. A model that explains a related set of phenomena; can be used to predict unobserved aspects of the phenomena