Across
- 4. Research in which scientists gather basic information about organisms, materials, systems, or processes that are not yet well known
- 5. The study of human interactions and institutions
- 7. Organic compounds that combine to form long chains of repeated molecules
- 8. An experiment in which the researcher actively chooses and manipulates the independent variable
- 9. Information expressed with numbers
- 10. One of the many scientific fields of study within the broad scope of environmental science
- 11. Happen in conjunction with landslides - the downslope movement of soil and rock due to gravity
- 14. Combinations of elements held together with bonds
- 19. Organisms that use the radiation from the sun to directly produce their own food
- 22. Any naturally occurring solid element of inorganic compound with a crystal structure, a specific chemical composition, and distinct physical properties
- 23. Consists of all the living and nonliving things around us
- 24. Consist solely of bonded atoms of carbon and hydrogen
- 25. negatively charged particles
- 27. A basic understanding of Earth’s physical and living systems and how we interact with them
- 28. The amount of time it takes for one-half the atoms to give off radiation and decay
- 30. Uncharged particles that contribute to an atom’s mass number
- 33. Elements with the same atomic number but different atomic masses
- 34. A movement focused on advocating for the health and well-being of the environment for its own sake
- 37. Scientists who specialize in the subject area are asked to provide comments and criticism and judge whether the work merits publication
- 38. An experiment wherein a scientist controls for the effects of all variables except the tested one
- 39. Widely accepted, well-tested explanation of one or more cause-and-effect relationships
Down
- 1. Substances and energy sources we take from our environment and that we rely on to survive
- 2. Essential to life and include: proteins, nucleic acids, and carbohydrates
- 3. Drive the process of plate tectonics by unequally distributing heat in the mantle
- 6. Began in the mid-1700s and signaled a shift from rural life to urban society
- 12. The variable that is manipulated
- 13. Atoms or molecules with a charge
- 15. Includes the crust of the Earth - slides over the _________ in plate tectonics
- 16. Researchers test their hypothesis by searching for correlation, or statistical association among variables
- 17. Includes the upper mantle and contains especially soft rock
- 18. Expectation of experimental outcome
- 20. The excess use of renewable resources
- 21. Organisms that gain their energy by feeding on other organisms
- 26. The scientific study of how the natural world works, how our environment affects us, and how we affect our environment
- 29. The energy of position or composition
- 31. Statement that attempts to explain a phenomenon or answer a scientific question
- 32. The energy of motion
- 35. A solid aggregation of minerals
- 36. The smallest components of elements that still maintain the chemical properties of the elements