Across
- 1. the study of matter and the changes that it undergoes
- 3. a testable explanation for a phenomenom that forms the basis for scientific inquiry
- 5. the perspective from which a person sees and interprets all of life. It is made up of what one beleives about the most important things in life.
- 9. a scientific model that explains a phenomenon
- 10. observational data, uses descriptive language and cannot be measured
- 11. a scientific model that describe a phenomenon, usually in mathematical terms
- 12. the process by which scientists answer scientific questions; also known as the scientific method
- 13. data that is explained with numbers
Down
- 2. anything that has mass and takes up space
- 4. the assumption about the world, the sum total of a person's presuppositions forms the basis of his/her worldview
- 6. a worldview that is based on a belief that matter is all that exists and that human reasoning informed by science is the only reliable path to truth
- 7. a workable explanation, description, or representation of a phenomenon
- 8. God's commandment to mankind to have dominion over the world that He created.