Chemistry Chapter 1

4. The ancient study of transmutations between base metals and gold.
8. An idea assumed true without proof, often used as a basis for understanding or proving other ideas.
10. The systematic study of nature based on observations and the collection of knowledge that results from that study.
11. The process of extracting metals from their ores and adapting them for commercial use.
13. Unaffected by the observer's personal biases and presuppositions.
14. An early pharmacist who prepared and sold a wide variety of chemicals and herbs.
15. The study of the composition and properties of matter and the energy transformations accompanying changes in the fundamental structure of matter.
16. Reasoning from general, accepted statements called premises to more specific conclusions.

1. A person's preference, whether intentional or unintentional, for certain conclusions over others.
2. An overarching explanation of scientific observations.
3. A temporary, testable explanation of a phenomenon that stimulates and guides further scientific investigation.
5. Describes an explanation determined or data gathered by experimentation.
6. Observations such as texture or color that use non-numerical data.
7. Observations such as weight or mass that use numerical data.
9. Reasoning that began with known facts and proceeded to general conclusions.
11. Anything that occupies space and has mass.
12. A description of the behavior of matter and energy based on the results of many experiments.