Scientific Process

6. deals with the physical constitution of the earth and its atmosphere
11. the group that the independent variable is NOT being changed
12. the group where you are changing the independent variable
14. words, descriptive observations
15. concerned with the study of living organisms and how they interact with Earth
16. deals with inanimate matter or energy
19. Something that is known, something that can be observed
20. As x increases, y decreases.
22. how close data is to each other
23. numbers,measurable
25. What you are observing based on your changes (the data you are measuring)

1. consists of two major elements: Materials & Methods
2. As x increases, y also increases.
3. Describes WHAT happens every single time, under certain conditions
4. There is no relationship between x and y.
5. number in middle after entries are placed in numerical order
7. what you change in an experiment as you set it up
8. A method used to answer questions about our world. The ideal order is Problem/Question/Observation → Hypothesis → Experiment → Data → Conclusion. However, this can change in the real world.
9. Something that is testable, an educated guess at an answer to a question, something that includes BOTH what you know AND research
10. Our understanding as to WHY or HOW something happens
13. how close data is to the accepted or true value
17. most frequent number in a data set
18. an objective, self correcting method for gathering and organizing information about the natural world through repeated observations and experimentation
21. any factor that can have more than one value
24. sum of numbers divided by number of entries