The Scientific Method

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. The heating elements of a stove or range on which pots and pans are placed for cooking (6)
  2. 8. A tentative insight into the natural world (6)
  3. 9. To arrange by systematic planning and united effort (8)
  4. 11. Study of the natural world through experiments (7)
  5. 13. Tool for weighing things; also a set of musical notes (5)
  6. 15. To decide by reasoning (8)

Down

  1. 1. Sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching (6)
  2. 2. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram (4)
  3. 3. Trying something to find out about it (4)
  4. 4. German chemist who with Kirchhoff pioneered spectrum analysis but is remembered mainly for his (6)
  5. 5. Staying steady without falling over (7)
  6. 6. The vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity (6)
  7. 7. The subject matter at issue (8)
  8. 10. A flatbottomed jar made of glass or plastic (6)
  9. 12. How much matter something contains (4)
  10. 14. Bottle that has a narrow neck (5)