Across
- 4. describes how well the results of a measurement agree with the "real" value
- 6. a statement about what happens in nature and seems to be true all the time
- 7. the dependent variable varies linearly with the independent variable
- 11. an explanation of things or events based on knowledge gained from many observations and investigations
- 12. a representation of an idea, event, structure, or object that helps people better understand it
- 13. exists when one variable depends on the square of another
- 15. the degree of exactness of a measurement
- 17. the factor that is manipulated during an investigation
- 18. a branch of science that involves the study of the physical world: energy, matter, and how they are related
- 19. british physicist that created a model of the atom that consisted of electrons embedded in a ball of positive charge
- 20. the line in blue, drawn as close to all the data points as possible
Down
- 1. an example of a scientific law
- 2. a comparison between an unknown quantity and a standard
- 3. patterns of investigation procedures
- 5. the valid digits in a measurement are referred to as
- 8. a hyperbolic relationship in which one variable depends on the inverse of the other variable
- 9. rise divided by the run
- 10. method of treating the units as algebraic quantities that can be cancelled
- 14. the factor that depends on the independent variable
- 16. a possible explanation for a problem using what you know and have observed