Across
- 3. Form of logical thinking that uses related observations to arrive at a general conclusion
- 4. Using other people's work or ideas without proper citation, creating the false impression that those are the author's original ideas
- 7. Form of science that begins with a specific question and potential testable answers
- 10. Section of a scientific paper that includes a complete description of the substances, methods, and techniques used by the researchers to gather data
- 13. Knowledge that covers general truths or the operation of general laws, especially when acquired and tested by the scientific method
- 15. Form of logical thinking that uses a general inclusive statement to predict specific results
- 18. Paper that summarizes and comments on findings that were published as primary literature
- 21. Opening section of a scientific paper, which provides background information about what was known in the field prior to the research reported in the paper
- 22. Tested and confirmed explanation for observations or phenomena
- 23. Form of science that aims to solve real-world problems
- 24. Suggested explanation for an observation, which can be tested
- 26. Field of science, such as geology, astronomy, physics, and chemistry, that studies nonliving matter
- 27. Section of a scientific paper in which the author interprets experimental results, describes how variables may be related, and attempts to explain the phenomenon in question
- 28. The variable that is purposefully changed during an experiment
Down
- 1. Scientific paper that is reviewed by a scientist's colleagues who are experts in the field of study
- 2. Able to be disproven by experimental results
- 5. Opening section of a scientific paper that summarizes the research and conclusions
- 6. The resulting variable that is measured during an experiment
- 8. Field of science that is related to the physical world and its phenomena and processes
- 9. Science that seeks to expand knowledge and understanding regardless of the short-term application of that knowledge
- 11. Part of an experiment that the experimenter can vary or change
- 12. Field of science, such as biology, that studies living things
- 14. The study of life
- 16. Form of science that aims to observe, explore, and investigate
- 17. Method of research with defined steps, that include observation, formulation of a hypothesis, testing, and confirming or falsifying the hypothesis
- 19. Section of a scientific paper in which the author narrates the experimental findings and presents relevant figures, pictures, diagrams, graphs, and tables, without any further interpretation
- 20. Section of a scientific paper that summarizes the importance of the experimental findings
- 25. Part of an experiment that does not change during the experiment