Chapter 1 Key Terms

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Across
  1. 2. science the branch of science dealing with the physical constitution of the earth and its atmosphere.
  2. 5. the assumption that the same natural laws and processes that operate in our present-day scientific observations have always operated in the universe in the past and apply everywhere in the universe
  3. 6. An operational definition specifies concrete, replicable procedures designed to represent a construct.
  4. 8. a small but exact copy of a thing
  5. 11. A particular philosophy of life of concept on the world.
  6. 14. The commandmants giving to adam and eve.
  7. 16. an empirical method of acquiring knowledge that has characterized the development of science
Down
  1. 1. data tatistics are used to describe or summarize the characteristics of a sample or data set, such as a variable's mean
  2. 3. Any science that draws its data from records of past events
  3. 4. a supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained.
  4. 5. every single action in the universe produces a reaction no matter what
  5. 7. data Data that are counted or measured using a numerically defined method are called numerical
  6. 9. a thing tacitly assumed beforehand at the beginning of a line of argument or course of action.
  7. 10. the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment.
  8. 12. the system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties.
  9. 13. facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis.
  10. 15. a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.