Across
- 2. degradation of material when it comes in contact with air and moisture
- 4. materials exert attractive or repulsive forces on other materials
- 8. starts with specific observation working to broader generalization and theory
- 12. ability of a material to change shape in a nonreversible form under the application of force
- 14. materials that have unstable atoms and can release energy
- 15. type of material that allows electrical current to pass through its body
- 16. science of matter, energy, and their interactions
- 18. supported by a vast amount of data and research
- 20. tested numerous times and has data to support it to be elevated beyond a theory
- 21. “to know” a body of facts learned by study or experience
- 23. science of composition, structure, and properties of substances
- 24. the ability of a material to be stretched under a tensile force
- 25. science of the history of the earth and its life as recorded in rocks
Down
- 1. the study of objects and matter outside the earth’s atmosphere
- 3. modify the behavior and properties of light
- 5. tendency of a material to dissolve in liquid
- 6. disciplines that do not follow the scientific method, generally seen as not reproducible or falsifiable
- 7. working from more general information to more specific information
- 9. material whose particles do not allow thermal energy to be transferred, provides resistance to current
- 10. the study of living systems
- 11. outermost shell of an atom that can either accept or donate electrons
- 13. ability to withstand a pull force directed away from the body of the material
- 15. materials not part of a chemical reaction, but allow or assist the chemical reaction to take place
- 17. tentative explanation for an observed phenomenon
- 19. composite particle composed of a nucleus of protons and neutrons, and orbiting electrons
- 22. study of organisms and their environment