Across
- 2. theory a well tested explanation for a set of observations or experimental results
- 5. a proposed answer to a question
- 7. variable a variable that changes in response to a change in the manipulated variable
- 9. method an organized plan used for gathering, organizing, and communicating information
- 11. information obtained through the senses
- 14. the amount of matter in an object
- 15. variable the variable that causes a change in another variable / the variable that the scientist changes in an experiment
Down
- 1. the straight line distance between two points
- 2. law a statement that summarizes a pattern found in nature
- 3. the study of the composition, structure, properties, and reactions of matter
- 4. the amount of space taken up by an object
- 6. experiment an experiment in which only one variable, the manipulated variable, is deliberately changed at a time
- 8. a system of knowledge about the natural world and the methods used to find that knowledge
- 10. a representation of an object or event
- 12. an instrument that measures temperature
- 13. the study of matter and energy and the interactions between the two through forces and motion