Science Words

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. A prominent or sensational but short-lived news event (4)
  2. 4. To flow in a spurt (4)
  3. 8. To judge tentatively or form an ___ of (10)
  4. 9. The act of conducting a controlled test or investigation (10)
  5. 12. Study of the natural world through experiments (7)
  6. 13. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a ___ school and that is (8)
  7. 15. The natural world around us (11)
  8. 16. To make mention of (7)

Down

  1. 1. A gradual transition from one scene to the next (8)
  2. 3. A statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem (plural) (9)
  3. 5. The act of ___ together (3)
  4. 6. Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal (plural) (5)
  5. 7. Food that is a component of a mixture in cooking (plural) (11)
  6. 10. The discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical (10)
  7. 11. Anything providing permanent evidence of or information about past events (6)
  8. 14. To form a critical opinion of (8)