Across
- 6. various tools and equipment used by scientists working in a laboratory
- 7. a method of procedure that has characterized natural science
- 9. examples of risk factors include high voltages, high and low pressures and temperatures, corrosive and toxic chemicals and chemical vapors, radiation, fire, explosions, and biohazards including infective organisms and their toxins
- 11. ascertain the size, amount, or degree of (something) by using an instrument or device marked in standard units or by comparing it with an object of known size
- 12. a matter or situation regarded as unwelcome or harmful and needing to be dealt with and overcome
- 15. the action or process of observing something or someone carefully or in order to gain information
- 18. the action of repeating something that has already been said or written
- 19. the summing-up of an argument or text
Down
- 1. a variable (often denoted by y) whose value depends on that of another
- 2. relating to, measuring, or measured by the quality of something rather than its quantity
- 3. a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation
- 4. the decimal measuring system based on the meter, liter, and gram as units of length, capacity, and weight or mass
- 5. relating to, measuring, or measured by the quantity of something rather than its quality
- 8. a statement of fact, deduced from observation, to the effect that a particular natural or scientific phenomenon always occurs if certain conditions are present
- 10. a three-dimensional representation of a person or thing or of a proposed structure, typically on a smaller scale than the original
- 13. a set of principles on which the practice of an activity is based
- 14. a variable (often denoted by x) whose variation does not depend on that of another
- 16. the action of copying or reproducing something
- 17. a group or individual used as a standard of comparison for checking the results of a survey or experiment.
- 20. state or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof