Across
- 2. the SI unit for mass, abbreviated (kg)
- 3. the vertical, or y-axis, variable, which changes with the value of the independent variable
- 4. a quantity that does not change
- 7. the SI unit for electrical current
- 8. the SI unit for length, abbreviated (m)
- 13. the horizontal, or x-axis, variable, which is not influence by the second variable on the graph
- 15. smallest and most basic units of matter
- 17. the study or knowledge of how the physical world operates
- 18. physics, as it developed from the Renaissance to the end of the nineteenth century
- 19. units that are derived by combining the fundamental physical units
Down
- 1. standard for expressing the measurement of a base quantity within a particular system of units
- 4. a ratio expressing how many of one unit are equal to another unit
- 5. testable statement that describes how something in the natural world works
- 6. physical quantity defined using algebraic combinations of base quantities
- 9. process involved with testing a hypothesis
- 10. physical quantity chosen by convention and practical considerations such that all other physical quantities can be expressed as algebraic combinations of them
- 11. physics as developed from the twentieth century to the present
- 12. explanation of patterns in nature that is supported by much scientific evidence
- 14. how close a measurement is to the correct value for that measurement
- 16. how well repeated measurements generate the same or closely similar results
