Across
- 3. a description made using the five senses
- 5. an educational guess
- 6. a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
- 8. aims to accurately and systematically describe a population, situation or phenomenon.
- 9. The sciences concerned with the study of inanimate natural objects, including physics, chemistry, astronomy, and related subjects.
- 11. systematic and scientific approach to research in which the researcher manipulates one or more variables, and controls and measures any change in other variables
- 13. a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses
- 14. the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry.
Down
- 1. a number that is fixed and known, unlike a variable which changes with the context
- 2. an interdisciplinary academic field that draws on ecology, geology, meteorology, biology, chemistry, engineering, and physics to study environmental problems
- 4. the variable (often denoted by x ) whose variation does not depend on that of another.
- 7. study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment
- 10. the variable (often denoted by y ) whose value depends on that of another.
- 12. a sample that remains the same