Across
- 5. the lowest temperature that is theoretically possible
- 11. the quality or state of being natural.
- 12. a substance which does not readily allow the passage of heat or sound
- 13. quantitative measure of inertia
- 18. information, facts or data supporting or contradicting a claim, assumption or hypothesis
- 22. the pressure exerted by the weight of the atmosphere
- 25. when one variable increases and the other decreases
- 29. an educated guess based on evidence
- 30. corresponding in size or amount to something else
- 31. conformity in the application of something
Down
- 1. the quality of being hot; high temperature
- 2. the explanation for the evidence
- 3. the question around which you center your research
- 4. the process by which heat or electricity is directly transmitted through a substance
- 6. the amount of space occupied by a substance
- 7. mass per unit volume
- 8. a physical quantity that expresses hot and cold
- 9. the quality or state of being tentative or hesitant
- 10. a suggested answer to a scientific question
- 14. molecules can neither be created or destroyed
- 15. process resulting from random motion of molecules
- 16. the movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise, and colder
- 17. continuous physical force exerted on or against an object by something in contact with it
- 19. a proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation
- 20. the ability to understand what is happening inside a system based on the external data exposed by that system
- 21. an instrument measuring atmospheric pressure
- 23. anything that is held constant or limited in a research study
- 24. an informative representation of an object, person or system
- 26. scale based on 0° for the freezing point of water and 100° for the boiling point of water
- 27. energy possessed by an object or system due to the movement of particles within the object or the system
- 28. energy that comes from a source and travels through space at the speed of light