Across
- 3. An initial, testable explanation of a phenomenon that stimulates and guides the scientific investigation
- 4. Inquiry An ongoing, orderly, cyclinical approach used to investigate the world.
- 12. The key to good models. How well does the model explain or describe what we observe? How accurate are predictions?
- 15. directs us to fill the earth and have domion
- 16. Quantitative data based on numbers and quantities.
Down
- 1. the degree of exactness of the measurements
- 2. The study of nonliving matter and energy
- 5. A model that explains a related set of phenomena. It can be used to predict unobserved aspects of the phenomena
- 6. A system of moral values or a theory of proper conduct
- 7. The study of matter and energy and the interactions between them
- 8. Compares a measurement to the accepted or expected value of a measurement.
- 9. A model often expressed as a mathematical equation that describes phenomena under certain conditions, is called a law
- 10. (International system of units) A modern system of standardized metric units.
- 11. Systematic study of the universe to produce observations, inferences, and models
- 13. A workable explanation or description of a phenomenon
- 14. The study of the composition, structure, and properties of matter as well as changes in matter