Nature of Science Vocab

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Across
  1. 3. The advancement of society, solves problems based on our needs.
  2. 7. Groups that are being tested
  3. 10. Broad concept or principle (HOW); Describes patterns in nature
  4. 13. A type of variable that the experimenter will deliberately change or manipulate in the investigation; "cause"
  5. 14. a type of observation that uses numbers to measure something
  6. 15. An explanation of an observed phenomenon; Organizes facts and research from scientists to explain WHY
Down
  1. 1. The advancement of knowledge; Answers questions based on our observations
  2. 2. group used for comparison with your experimental groups. This is the "normal" group
  3. 4. an objective description of something
  4. 5. an objective, verifiable observation
  5. 6. A type of observation that describes qualities.
  6. 8. A type of variable that changes in response to the independent variable; "effect"
  7. 9. A guess about an object or outcome based on your observations
  8. 11. The aspects of an experiment that are held constant/consistent; "same"
  9. 12. A statement based on repeated experimental observation that describes an aspect of the world