Across
- 3. process whose goal is to understand the natural world
- 5. measure of the amount of matter in an object
- 9. the study of organisms
- 10. the study of fossil animals and plants
- 12. part of an experiment that contains the variable being tested
Down
- 1. possible explanation or conclusion about some event in nature
- 2. basic metric unit of length
- 4. part of an experiment that does not contain the variable
- 6. method systematic approach to problem solving that involves observation and experimentation
- 7. the study of animals
- 8. recorded observations and information
- 11. time-tested concept that makes useful and dependable predictions about the natural world