SCIENTIFIC METHOD CROSSWORD

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Across
  1. 2. the variable that is being measured and responds to the change in the independent variable
  2. 4. a method of procedure using observation, measurement, experimentation, and the creation, testing, and revising of hypotheses
  3. 7. a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
  4. 9. a descriptive generalization about how some aspect of the natural world behaves under stated circumstances.
  5. 11. the variable that is changed
Down
  1. 1. a variable that does not change throughout the experiment, sometimes known as a “constant”
  2. 3. a proposed explanation of how the natural world works that can be tested by the scientific method, revised, and retested. 2. a prediction of whether the independent variable will have an effect on the dependent variable
  3. 5. determination of whether the hypothesis should be accepted or rejected
  4. 6. In science, an observation that has been repeatedly confirmed and for all practical purposes is accepted as “true.” Truth in science, however, is never final and what is accepted as a fact today may be modified or even proved wrong tomorrow.
  5. 8. theory an explanation of some aspect of the natural world that can incorporate facts, laws, inferences, and tested hypotheses.
  6. 10. hypothesis a prediction that the independent variable will have no effect on the dependent variable