Across
- 4. a set of beliefs that may make use of science but is based on subjective reasoning, faulty reasoning, or faulty beliefs.
- 8. a repetition of an experiment
- 9. a portion of something that is used to represent the whole thing
- 10. grouping together items that are alike in some way
- 11. a statement or claim about what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence
- 12. a scientific experiment in which only one variable is changed at a time
- 15. an interpretation based on observations and prior knowledge
- 17. information collected from careful study of a subject
- 21. an idea that may be formed from evidence but has not been confirmed by evidence
- 23. one factor that is purposefully changed to test a hypothesis
- 25. a generalization that makes sense of observations by using logical reasoning
- 26. facts, figures, and other evidence collected during a scientific investigation
- 27. reasoning that is based on evidence
Down
- 1. an attempt by a different group of scientists to conduct the same experiment
- 2. using one or more of your senses to gather information
- 3. the factor that may change in response to the independent variable
- 5. reasoning that is based on personal feelings or personal values
- 6. a possible answer to a scientific question
- 7. observations and conclusions that have been repeated that may or may not support a scientific claim
- 13. an error in the design of the experiment
- 14. type of observation that deals with numbers, or amounts
- 16. process of gathering evidence about the natural world and proposing explanations based on this evidence
- 18. a way of learning about the natural world through exploration
- 19. data that’s collected using scientific processes that describe particular investigations
- 20. process of evaluating observations and data to reach a conclusion about them
- 22. arranged in an orderly way
- 24. type of observation that deals with descriptions that cannot be expressed in numbers