Across
- 3. The variable which is being measured
- 5. data plotted as points on a graph with an x-axis and a y-axis; points are connected to show a line
- 7. Science of living things
- 8. most often
- 10. A piece of information we gather using our senses
- 11. forces and energy
- 12. father of modern experimental science
- 14. subtract smallest number from the largest
- 15. space
- 17. study of plants
- 19. Explain why something happens
- 20. father of empiricism
- 22. A single variable (a factor of interest) is tested
- 25. The variable which is changed by the experimenter
- 26. How “nature” or “the whole universe” behaves
- 29. a testable idea or explanation which leads to a scientific investigation; “If ___, then _____” statement.
- 30. earth and rocks
- 31. atmosphere and weather
- 37. Chemists study chemicals which make up living things
- 39. Used when scientists cannot answer questions experimentally (impossible or unethical)
Down
- 1. Shared in: written and oral reports
- 2. The variable in the experiment which has nothing done to it
- 4. balance in nature
- 5. Describe how something works
- 6. science of matter and energy
- 9. branch of social science and Martins class
- 13. the study of the forces that affect earth
- 16. Observing, studying, and experimenting to find the nature of things
- 18. when you're sick
- 21. matter and how it changes
- 23. add all together then divide by total number
- 24. a circle is 100%; the circle/ pie is divided into percentages which total to 100%
- 27. branch of social science
- 28. Individual and Group Human Behavior
- 32. A procedure designed to test a hypothesis under controlled conditions
- 33. study of earth
- 34. sub branch and Wrights class
- 35. the middle number
- 36. study of animals
- 38. data is placed in a graph with an x-axis and a y-axis; data is shown as a series of vertical connected bars