Vocab

2. A representation of an object or event
4. A proposed answer to a question
6. The amount of space taken up by an object
8. The straight line distance between two points
9. The study of matter and energy and the interactions between the two through forces and motion
11. Information obtained through senses
12. variable A variable that changes in response to a change in the manipulated variable
13. the study of the composition,structures,properties, and reactions of matter
15. law A statement that summarizes a pattern found in nature
16. experiment An experiment in which only one variable, the manipulated variable, is deliberately changed at a time
17. An instrument that measures temperature

1. A system of knowledge about the natural world and the methods used to find that knowledge
3. The amount of matter in an object
5. theory A well tested explanation for a set of observations or experimental results
7. method An organized plan used for gathering,organizing, and communicating information
10. Man's best friend
14. variable The variable that causes a change in another variable/ the variable that the scientist changes in an experiment