Scientific Method

2. The act of knowing and recording data/information in the lab.
3. Variable- A variable that depends on others (independent variables). A change in the independent variable may cause a change in the dependent variable.
6. Information- identifies and describes the history and nature of a well-defined research problem with reference to the existing sources.
10. One in which the subject or a group would not be tested for the dependent variable.
11. the process of objectively establishing facts through testing and experimentation.
13. It is a conclusion that is drawn from evidence based upon observations.
14. Tells the student/reader what the lab is about.
15. a procedure designed to determine whether observations of the real world agree with or refute the derived predictions in the hypothesis.

1. A guess.
4. The reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists.
5. The raw materials, tools, subject and/or important chemicals used in your experiments
7. Something that is capable of changing or varying.
8. Variable- A variable that is independent of others, meaning that it does not change because of dependent variables. In most graphs it is plotted on the x-axis.
9. An educated guess as to what will happen during your experiment.
12. The facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observations.