The Nature of Science

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Across
  1. 3. involves using knowledge and thinking skills
  2. 5. factor that can be changed in an experiment
  3. 7. use of science to help people in some way
  4. 9. a possible explanation for repeatedly observed patterns in nature
  5. 11. a way of learning more about the natural world
  6. 12. a collection of structures, cycles, and processes that relate to and interact with each other
  7. 16. a rule that describes a pattern in nature
  8. 17. variable that is changed in an experiment
Down
  1. 1. study of matter and energy
  2. 2. study of living systems
  3. 4. changing one factor and observing the effect it has on the other
  4. 6. reasonable guess that can be tested
  5. 8. study of Earth's systems and systems in space
  6. 10. to draw a conclusion based on observation
  7. 13. variable that is not changed in an experiment
  8. 14. an representation of an object or an event that is used for understanding the natural world
  9. 15. information gathered during an investigation