Adams Science Glossary of terms

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Across
  1. 2. A proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations
  2. 3. a graph that shows the general shape of the relationship between two variables
  3. 4. A measurement judged to be close to the true value
  4. 9. Marking a scale on a measuring instrument
  5. 10. Data which has been shown to be valid
  6. 11. The quantity between readings
  7. 12. Information that has been collected
  8. 14. The difference between a measured value and true value
  9. 19. precise measurements are ones in which there is very little spread about the mean value
  10. 21. a measurement that consistently remains the same
Down
  1. 1. These cause readings to differ from the true value by a consistent amount each time a measurement is made
  2. 5. the maximum and minimum values of the independent or dependent variables
  3. 6. a value that would be obtained in an ideal measurement
  4. 7. a suggestion of what will happen
  5. 8. Test An independent variable that has been allowed to affect the dependant variable
  6. 13. Any indication that a measuring system gives a false reading when the true value of a measured quantity is zero
  7. 15. These are values in a set of results which are judged not to be part of the variation caused by random uncertainty
  8. 16. Uncertainties
  9. 17. These cause readings to be spread about the true value due results varying in an unpredictable way from one measurement to the next
  10. 18. this is the smallest change in the quantity being measured of a measuring instrument that gives a perceptible change in the reading
  11. 20. Suitability of the investigative procedure to answer the question being asked