Science ACT Vocab

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Across
  1. 4. intentionally unchanged throughout experiment, held constant.
  2. 6. watching or recording.
  3. 8. answering question.
  4. 11. altered by experimenter to observe effects on other variables.
  5. 13. data point not fitting established trend; typically insignificant if other data follow clear trend.
  6. 16. predicting future results based on trends in given data.
  7. 17. observed phenomenon.
  8. 18. observation of one thing increasing as another decreases, or vice versa.
  9. 19. general direction of data points in a graph or chart.
  10. 22. variable altered for comparison.
  11. 23. starting point of an experiment
Down
  1. 1. anything that can change.
  2. 2. group variable that remains unchanged,
  3. 3. outcome prediction.
  4. 5. free-flowing, takes shape of container, definite volume.
  5. 7. step-by-step process.
  6. 9. observed, non-numerical factors.
  7. 10. one variable increases while the other decreases.
  8. 12. two variables move in the same direction.
  9. 14. numerical data.
  10. 15. experiment's summary supporting or refuting initial hypothesis using generated data
  11. 20. rigid, maintains shape and volume.
  12. 21. particles move quickly, no defined volume or shape.