Scientific Method

2. Method The ______ ______ is a process used by scientists to find answers to questions or solve problems.
5. After an experiment, scientist organize and ______ the data.
6. The _______ is an educated guess.
8. Scientists make ______ to help them make a hypothesis or collect data during an experiment.
11. The _________ describes the steps you use during an experiment.
13. an ________ to collect data.
14. The _________ variable is the part of the experiment that is being tested or the part of that is changed by the person doing the experiment.

1. The _______ is the part of the experiment that is not being tested and is used for comparison.
3. Scientists use their data make charts and ______ to communicate the result of an experiment.
4. The first step of the scientific method is to define or identify the ________.
7. After and experiment, scientists write a _________ which summarizes their experiment and results.
9. After the scientist make a hypothesis, they
10. The ______ variable is the part of the experiment that is affected by the independent variable.
12. Sometimes scientist make a mistake, or ______, and need to do an experiment again.
15. The information collected during an experiment is called _______.