Unit 1: Science Skills Review

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Across
  1. 2. the straight-line distance between two points
  2. 4. an organized plan used for gathering, organizing, and communicating information
  3. 5. the study of matter and energy and the interactions between the two through forces and motion
  4. 7. objects and substances used in an experiment
  5. 9. a proposed answer to a question
  6. 12. factual information used as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or calculation
  7. 14. a system of knowledge about the natural world and the methods used to find that knowledge
  8. 15. the surface included within a set of lines; specifically: the number of unit squares equal in measure to the surface
  9. 16. variable that is constant and unchanged in an experiment among groups in an experiment
  10. 19. the study of the universe beyond Earth
  11. 20. the amount of matter in an object
  12. 21. Control – a baseline group within an experiment used to measure the effectiveness of the manipulated variable
  13. 23. last main division of an experimental write-up that determines the validity of the hypothesis
  14. 24. the ratio of a material’s mass to its volume
  15. 25. the metric system. made of seven base units and the convenience of the number 10
  16. 27. the study of the atmosphere and its phenomena and especially wit­h weather and weather forecasting
  17. 28. the study of the composition, structure, properties, and reactions of matter
Down
  1. 1. a way of expressing a value as the product of a number between 1 and 10 and a power of 10
  2. 3. an interrogative expression often used to test knowledge
  3. 6. the study of the origin, history, and structure of Earth
  4. 8. variable that changes in response to a change in the manipulated variable
  5. 10. steps used to conduct an experiment
  6. 11. the closeness of a measurement to the true value of what is measured
  7. 13. the process of breaking a complex topic of substance into smaller parts to gain a better understanding
  8. 17. the variable that causes a change in another variable
  9. 18. a measure of how hot or cold an object is compared to a reference point
  10. 22. the amount of space taken up by an object
  11. 26. a plausible or scientifically acceptable general principle or body of principles offered to explain phenomena