Across
- 3. A proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations.
- 6. The variable you change.
- 9. Information, either qualitative or quantitative, that has been collected.
- 11. The variable that you measure.
- 12. How close a measurement is to its true/actual value.
- 14. The maximum and minimum values of the independent or dependent variables.
- 15. Errors are caused by factors we can’t control, like tiny temperature changes in a room.
Down
- 1. A prediction is a statement suggesting what will happen in the future, based on observation, experience or a hypothesis.
- 2. Errors are caused by inaccurate equipment or by problems with a method or observation technique.
- 4. The difference between a measured value and the true value.
- 5. Only when the independent variable has been modified and all other factors have remained unchanged, will it be this.
- 7. Data that have been shown to be valid
- 8. A result that deviates from what is expected or normally seen.
- 10. The quantity between readings.
- 13. Any variable that is kept constant during an experiment is a control variable.