Nature of Science Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. to state what one thinks will happen under certain conditions based on data or observation
  2. 6. measurements or observations collected and recorded in an experiment or investigation
  3. 8. an organized scientific study of the natural world
  4. 9. information about the natural world gathered through the senses and/or scientific instruments
  5. 12. a scientific test that is carried out under controlled conditions to answer a scientific question
  6. 13. to arrange in a specific order or group by categories based on similarities
  7. 14. multiple sets of measurements or observations in a scientific investigation
  8. 15. a term used to describe a question that can be answered through an experiment
Down
  1. 1. to examine methodically by separating into parts and study their interrelatedness
  2. 2. a feature, quality, property, or trait of an object or organism
  3. 4. an explanation based on evidence that is not directly observed
  4. 5. a term used to describe the certainty of data or results of an investigation or experiment
  5. 7. a statement that tells what an investigation showed based on observations and data
  6. 10. a factor that can be changed in order to test a hypothesis in an experiment
  7. 11. group a group in a scientific experiment that is untreated by the factor being tested
  8. 15. the use of scientific knowledge and processes to solve practical problems