Scientific Method Crossword

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Across
  1. 5. A possible, testable explanation or prediction for a question or problem.
  2. 6. Type of data that uses numbers from counting or measuring.
  3. 10. What you think will happen before an experiment is completed.
  4. 12. An organized way of using evidence to learn about the natural world
  5. 15. Information scientists examine to test explanations and support conclusions.
  6. 16. A broad explanation supported by considerable evidence and many tests.
  7. 18. The group that serves as a comparison in an experiment.
Down
  1. 1. Scientists do this to an experiment to see if they get the same results.
  2. 2. Information gathered from observations.
  3. 3. Type of data that describes characteristics that cannot be counted.
  4. 4. The variable deliberately changed by the scientist.
  5. 7. A factor in an experiment that can be changed.
  6. 8. A decision based on experimental evidence about whether the hypothesis was supported.
  7. 9. The group that receives the variable being tested.
  8. 11. The variable that is observed or measured during an experiment.
  9. 13. The control group provides this for the experimental group.
  10. 14. A factor that is kept the same throughout an experiment.
  11. 17. The information collected during an experiment that must be organized and analyzed.