Physical Science-Vocab Chapter 1

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Across
  1. 5. A workable explanation or description of a phenomenon.
  2. 6. Gods command that directs us to exercise wise and good dominion over His creation to the glory of God and for the benefit of fellow humans
  3. 7. The study of matter and energy and the interactions between them.
  4. 8. A system of moral values: a theory of proper conduct
  5. 12. The study of nonliving matter and energy
  6. 14. The degree of exactness of a measurement; can indicate the closeness or repeatability of measurements.
  7. 15. An ongoing, orderly, cylical approach used to investigate the world.
Down
  1. 1. The basis upon which a model is assessed, taking into account how well it explains or describes a set of observations and how well the model makes predictions
  2. 2. The systematic study of the universe that produces observations,inferences,and models,including the products that it creates through this systematic study.
  3. 3. A model, often expressed as a mathematical equation, that describes phenomena under certain conditions.
  4. 4. A standardized system of measurement units used for science. SI stands for International System of Units (From the French Systéme International dUnités)
  5. 5. Data that is based on numbers or quantities; includes a number and a unit; also known as quantitative data.
  6. 9. An initial, testable explanation of a phenomenon that stimulates and guides scientific investigation
  7. 10. The study of the composition, structure, and properties of matter, and the changes that take place in matter
  8. 11. The comparison of a measurement to an accepted or expected value.
  9. 13. A model that explains a related set of phenomena; can be used to predict unobserved aspects of the phenomena