Across
- 2. Tested and confirmed explanation for observations or phenomena
- 7. Suggested explanation for an observation, which can be tested
- 13. Form of logical thinking that uses related observations to arrive at a general conclusion
- 15. Science that seeks to expand knowledge and understanding regardless of the short-term application of that knowledge
- 18. Field of science that is related to the physical world and its phenomena and processes
- 19. Able to be disproven by experimental results
- 20. Part of an experiment that does not change during the experiment
Down
- 1. Scientific paper that is reviewed by a scientist's colleagues who are experts in the field of study
- 3. Form of science that begins with a specific question and potential testable answers
- 4. Form of science that aims to observe, explore, and investigate
- 5. Field of science, such as geology, astronomy, physics, and chemistry, that studies nonliving matter
- 6. The study of life
- 8. Field of science, such as biology, that studies living things
- 9. Form of logical thinking that uses a general inclusive statement to predict specific results
- 10. Method of research with defined steps, that include observation, formulation of a hypothesis, testing, and confirming or falsifying the hypothesis
- 11. Form of science that aims to solve real-world problems
- 12. The variable that is purposefully changed during an experiment
- 14. The resulting variable that is measured during an experiment
- 16. Knowledge that covers general truths or the operation of general laws, especially when acquired and tested by the scientific method
- 17. Part of an experiment that the experimenter can vary or change