Across
- 2. METHOD A series of steps scientists use to ask questions, investigate problems, collect information, and find answers.
- 4. DATA Information that is measured or counted and recorded using numbers.
- 6. A conclusion or idea based on observations and what you already know.
- 7. A prediction or possible answer to a scientific question that can be tested.
- 9. To carefully examine data or information to find patterns, relationships, or conclusions.
- 13. DATA Information that describes something using words, colors, shapes, smells, or other observations instead of numbers.
Down
- 1. VARIABLE A factor that is kept the same during an experiment so the test is fair.
- 3. VARIABLE The one thing a scientist purposely changes in an experiment.
- 5. A scientific test or investigation used to answer a question and collect evidence.
- 8. Information gathered by using your senses or tools to notice and describe something.
- 10. A question or idea that can be investigated by doing an experiment and collecting evidence.
- 11. Information collected during an experiment. Data can include numbers, measurements, descriptions, or observations.
- 12. VARIABLE The thing that is measured or observed in an experiment. It changes because of the independent variable.
