Scientific Method

3. Information gathered during an experiment
7. Pattern of investigation procedures that can include stating a problem, forming a hypothesis, researching and gathering information, testing a hypothesis, analyzing data, and drawing conclusions.
8. Factor that changes as a result of changes in other variables. The variable that is measured or counted.
11. Organized procedure for testing a hypothesis; tests the effect of one thing on another under controlled conditions
14. Possible explanation for a problem using what is known and what is observed.
17. The group of individuals in an experiment that does not receive the independent variable

1. Numerical data that is usually measured or counted
2. Quantity that can have more than a single value, can cause a change in the results of an experiment
4. Non-numerical data that describes what is seen in an experiment
5. the variable being tested. The variable that is purposely changed or added to one group but not the other.
6. Explanation of things or events based on knowledge gained from many observations and investigations.
9. The group of individuals in an experiment that receives the independent variable; the group that is tested
10. Statement about what happens in nature that seems to be true all the time; does not explain why or how something happens.
12. The standard used for comparison of test results in an experiment.
13. Occurs when a scientist’s expectations change how the results of an experiment are viewed.
15. In an experiment, the variable that does not change.
16. Can be used to represent an idea, object, or event that is too big, too small, too complex, or too dangerous to observe or test directly.