Across
- 2. Organizing things into groups based on similarities.
- 7. An educated guess that can be tested.
- 8. A well-tested explanation of how something works.
- 9. A theory that places the Earth at the center of the solar system.
- 11. What is being measured; the data collected as a response; the “effect”.
Down
- 1. A theory that places the Sun at the center of the solar system. (Copernicus, Galileo)
- 3. What is being purposefully changed; what is being tested; the “cause”.
- 4. The act of carefully watching and recording information.
- 5. The force of attraction that exists between any two objects toward each other.
- 6. The force exerted by air on an object in motion that opposes its movement, slowing it down.
- 10. Factors that are kept constant.
- 11. Information collected during scientific study.Scientific A step-by-step process for conducting research/experimentation.
