Across
- 2. The act of testing a hypothesis
- 4. The utilization of our knowledge of the physical world to solve problems.
- 9. The study of the makeup of the earth’s crust and how it moves.
- 12. the hypothesis should be ___________ if the data from the experiment doesn’t support the hypothesis
- 14. The variable that causes the change in another variable.
- 15. The step right before a hypothesis in the scientific process
- 17. An explanation of what happens, but not why.
- 18. An explanation of why something happens
- 20. Even if the first experiment supports the hypothesis, the hypothesis should be ________ to make sure unknown variables are not affecting the results.
- 22. The first step in the scientific method (process)
Down
- 1. The study of living things
- 3. Use to represent complex situations in a way that can make them easier to understand
- 5. and educated guess for why an occurrence happens.
- 6. The study of the building blocks of matter and how they react with each other.
- 7. The study of motion and forces
- 8. The variable that changes as a result of the change in another variable.
- 10. This is calculated by calculating the slope of a line created by two variables
- 11. The broad area of study that attempts to explain phenomena in the natural world
- 13. Organizing data and learning something about the situation from the data.
- 16. An experiment that makes sure there is only one variable that will cause the change in the dependent variable.
- 19. The study of outer space objects and their interactions with each other.
- 21. the last step of the scientific method