Across
- 2. Capable of being proven true or false; a term used to describe a question that can be answered through an experiment or observation.
- 4. An educated guess.
- 7. A belief based on experience and on seeing certain facts that falls short of positive knowledge.
- 8. A method of research in which a problem is identified, relevant data is gathered, a hypothesis is formulated from this data, and the hypothesis is empirically tested.
- 10. The information or measurements you collect in an investigation and experiment.
- 11. One of a number of repetitions of an experiment.
- 12. The part of the experiment that stays the same.
Down
- 1. A statement that tells what in investigation shows, based on observations and data.
- 3. A scientific test or procedure that is carried out and repeated under controlled conditions to discover, demonstrate or test a hypothesis; answers a scientific question.
- 5. The process followed to find the answer to a question or solve a problem; a organized study of the natural world that may include observations, asking questions, gathering information, analyzing data, summarizing results, drawing conclusions, and/or communicating results.
- 6. An event, condition, or factor that can be changed or controlled in order to study or test a hypothesis in a scientific experiment; an experiment usually has three kinds of variables: independent, dependent, and controlled.
- 9. The process of using your senses in order to gain information.