Across
- 2. The study of the composition, structure, and properties of matter as well as changes in matter.
- 4. The degree of exactness of the measurements.
- 5. The study of matter and energy and the interactions between them.
- 8. Quantitative data based on number quantities.
- 10. a workable explanation or description of a phenomenon.
- 12. compares a measurements to the accepted or expected value of a measurement.
- 13. The study of nonliving matter and energy.
- 14. A model often expressed as a mathematical equation that describes phenomena under certain conditions is called a law.
- 15. A modern system of standardized metric units.
- 16. A model that explains a related set of phenomena. It can be used to predict unobserved aspects of the phenomena.
Down
- 1. Directs us to fill the earth and have dominion.
- 3. An initial testable explanation of a phenomenon that stimulates and guides the scientific investigation.
- 6. An ongoing, orderly, cyclinical approach used to investigate the world.
- 7. The key to good models. How well does the model explain or describe what we observe? How accurate are predictions?
- 9. A system of moral values or a theory of proper conduct.
- 11. Systematic study of the universe to produce observations, inferences, and models.