Across
- 3. a spoken or written summary of observations
- 7. a statement of what will happen next in a sequence of events
- 10. an explanation of observations or events that is based on knowledge gained from many observations and investigations
- 13. internationally accepted system of measurement
- 17. the expression of error as a percentage of the accepted value
- 18. use to study how a change in the independent variable changes the dependent variable
- 20. uses words to describe what is observed
- 21. the investigation and exploration of natural events and of the new information that results from those investigations
- 22. the factors in an experiment that do not change
Down
- 1. a logical explanation of an observation that is drawn form prior knowledge or experience
- 2. comparing what you already know with the information you are given in order to decide whether you agree with it
- 4. a rule that describes a repeatable pattern in nature
- 5. uses numbers to describe what is observed
- 6. the practical use of scientific knowledge, especially for industrial or commercial use
- 8. a method of writing or displaying very small or very large values in a short form
- 9. contains the same factors as the experimental group, but the independent variable is not changed
- 11. the factor that you want to test/ is changed by the investigator to observe how it affects a dependent variable
- 12. the factor you observe or measure during an experiment
- 14. an interpretation of observations
- 15. a possible explanation for an observation that can be tested by scientific investigations
- 16. the results of using one or more of your senses to gather information and taking note of what occurs
- 19. any factor that can have more than one value