Science Methodology

3. a technique for calculating how correct or incorrect a prediction or experimental value is when compared to an actual value
5. steps that scientists use to answer questions and solve problems
7. shows the precision of measurements or calculations
11. determine the size or amount of something by using an instrument or device marked in standard units
12. to explain the meaning of
13. an educated guess about the solution or answer to some problem or question
15. an abbreviation or letter(s) used to represent the quantity; case matters
16. the variable being tested or changed
17. the variable being affected and measured
18. the language of physics
19. the measurable physics concept; the “stuff” we may be discussing or learning about

1. a scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact
2. measurements used by scientists all over the world; based on the number ten
4. to know and state
6. any factor that can change or be adjusted
8. taking the measurement of something in one set of units and changing it to an equivalent measurement in another set of units
9. the most basic science, concerned with motion, matter, and energy and the connections between these concepts
10. a device or instrument used to measure a physical quantity
14. a way of trying to understand the physical world around us
20. the specific increments used to measure the quantity