Quick wins: GCSE science practical key words

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Across
  1. 5. error error due to instrument giving a small reading when it should read zero
  2. 6. Variable (DV) the variable that you are measuring
  3. 9. repeated measurements that are close together
  4. 10. measurements close to the true value
  5. 12. either quantitative (numerical) or qualitative (not numerical), that
  6. 14. in the same way
  7. 16. data which has been shown to be valid
  8. 17. test when only one variable is changed in an experiment
  9. 18. methods
  10. 19. Variable (CV) the variable(s) that you are keeping the same (to ensure a fair test)
  11. 21. the chance that a hazard will cause harm
  12. 22. the suitability of the investigative procedure to answer the question being asked
  13. 23. the same way
  14. 24. an unusual result that does not fit the pattern formed by the rest of the results.
  15. 26. the quantity between readings
  16. 27. variable values that are numbers
  17. 28. the interval within which the true value can be expected to be
  18. 29. value the value that would be obtained in an ideal measurement
Down
  1. 1. a prediction that you can test
  2. 2. error The difference between a measured value and the true value.
  3. 3. measurements that are similar when the experiment is carried out by you several
  4. 4. Variable (IV) the variable that you are changing
  5. 7. been collected during an experiment
  6. 8. error uncertainty caused by erratic factors such as human
  7. 11. error uncertainty caused by consistent factors such as measuring devices or poorly
  8. 13. the reading
  9. 15. marking a scale on a measuring instrument
  10. 19. variable values that are labels
  11. 20. the smallest change in the quantity being measured that gives a visible change
  12. 25. measurements that are similar when the experiment is carried out by someone