Across
- 1. A complete set of items that share at least one common property.
- 3. An initial insight into the natural world; a concept that has not yet verified, but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
- 5. A description of a natural phenomenon or principle that holds true under specific conditions
- 7. The range of possible values within which the true value of a measurement lies
- 9. A set of mathematical equations which represent a real-world problem. Hint this is two words, just leave a blank space between them.
- 10. a numerical property calculated from a sample and then used to estimate the properties of the population.
- 12. In order for a hypothesis to become a theory or a law it requires a lot of supporting _____________.
- 13. The __________ results of the experiment are the values obtained by performing the experiment and making measurements
Down
- 1. A characteristic of a population which is calculated using all the data in the population.
- 2. A subset drawn from the population to represent the population in a statistical analysis.
- 4. All the components of the physical universe; atoms, plants, ecosystems, people, societies, galaxies, etc., as well as the natural forces at work on these components. Hint this is two words, just leave a blank space between them.
- 6. A testable belief we use to simplify the real world for the purpose of developing a mathematical model
- 8. The __________ results of an experiment are the values obtained from the mathematical model
- 11. An explanation for a large number of facts and observations about the natural world