General Science Vocabulary
Across
- 3. to only give precise facts in science
- 4. based on facts
- 6. a collection of information, gathered by observation, questioning, or measurement
- 9. an explanation of how evidence supports a claim
- 10. your opinion, or what you think is true, based on prior knowledge
- 12. 2+2=4. 4/2=2
- 16. a prediction or possible explanation for a question that needs to be investigated
- 17. say the word, sentence, or phrase in your own words
- 18. a statement that describes what scientists expect to happen every time under a particular set of circumstances
Down
- 1. an equation with numbers/letters/symbols designed to solve a problem
- 2. the variable that is measured
- 5. information gathered with the senses
- 7. a well-tested explanation for a wide range of observations and experiment results
- 8. the variable that we change in an experiment
- 11. an answer to a question, based on facts
- 13. information or other sources that support the claim, or data and factual observations gathered in an investigation
- 14. the variables we keep the same in an experiment
- 15. a visual representation (drawing, image, sketch, etc) of information used to show how objects are related/arranged