Scientific investigation terminology

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Across
  1. 3. A statement that can be made after looking at the results and the conclusion.
  2. 5. A detailed list of any reference materials you have used when doing research.
  3. 8. A set of results that are all very similar.
  4. 9. An explanation of a set of observations that is based on one or more proven hypotheses, which has been accepted through consensus by a group of scientists.
  5. 10. _________Variable changes in response to changes to the independent variable in an investigation.
  6. 12. The data or observations collected during a primary investigation.
  7. 13. Relating to, measuring, or measured by the quantity of something.
  8. 14. __________Investigation is An investigation that involves the completion of an experiment.
  9. 16. A general statement that describes a phenomena supported by repeated scientific investigations that always applies under the same conditions.
  10. 18. __________Variable is kept constant during an investigation.
  11. 21. The harm that could be caused whilst completing an investigation and the chances of it occurring.
  12. 22. An extent to which tests measure what was intended; an extent to which data, inferences and actions produced from tests and other processes are accurate.
  13. 23. A tentative idea or explanation for an observation, which can be tested and either supported or refuted by investigation.
  14. 24. A representation that describes, simplifies, clarifies or provides an explanation of the workings, structure or relationships within an object, system or idea.
  15. 25. The apparatus needed to complete a primary investigation.
  16. 26. The way that one set of data is related to another.
Down
  1. 1. A driving question for an investigation.
  2. 2. The ability of an investigation to collect data that is close to the ideal value found in secondary sources or to data that has been collected by other people.
  3. 4. A factor that can be changed, kept the same or measure in an investigation, for example, time, distance, light, temperature.
  4. 6. _________Variable is changed in an investigation to see what effect it has on the dependent variable.
  5. 7. The steps taken to complete a primary investigation.
  6. 11. Results that stand out or are significantly different from the others in the group.
  7. 12. the degree to which an assessment instrument or method consistently and repeatedly measures an attribute achieving similar results for the same treatment.
  8. 15. The purpose of a primary investigation.
  9. 17. A decision made using a set of results collected during a primary investigation as to whether or not a hypothesis was correct.
  10. 19. An informed explanation as to why a particular set of data was collected as the result of an experiment.
  11. 20. Relating to, measuring, or measured by the quality of something.