AQA Scientific Terminology

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Across
  1. 3. A proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations.
  2. 6. The variable you change.
  3. 9. Information, either qualitative or quantitative, that has been collected.
  4. 11. The variable that you measure.
  5. 12. How close a measurement is to its true/actual value.
  6. 14. The maximum and minimum values of the independent or dependent variables.
  7. 15. Errors are caused by factors we can’t control, like tiny temperature changes in a room.
Down
  1. 1. A prediction is a statement suggesting what will happen in the future, based on observation, experience or a hypothesis.
  2. 2. Errors are caused by inaccurate equipment or by problems with a method or observation technique.
  3. 4. The difference between a measured value and the true value.
  4. 5. Only when the independent variable has been modified and all other factors have remained unchanged, will it be this.
  5. 7. Data that have been shown to be valid
  6. 8. A result that deviates from what is expected or normally seen.
  7. 10. The quantity between readings.
  8. 13. Any variable that is kept constant during an experiment is a control variable.