Across
- 3. A proposed answer to a question that is based on your own observations, existing theories, or information you gather.
- 9. This is how accurately a method measures what it is intended to measure.
- 11. Something you might propose and can be answered through experimentation.
- 12. Your final statement that includes a summary of your results.
- 13. You use your senses for this to notice what is going on and to record it.
- 14. Something you might use during an observation to collect data, like touch, sight or smell.
Down
- 1. Information collected during an experiment to support your conclusion.
- 2. You want to make sure you are wording your question in this way so it is clear and brief.
- 4. Similar to a hypothesis, this is a statement based on experience, knowledge, or observations.
- 5. A test you might perform to confirm or disprove your predictions from a hypothesis.
- 6. The number of steps in the scientific method.
- 7. An explanation of an aspect of the natural world, often highly tested.
- 8. The process of interpreting data you collected in an experiment to determine a pattern.
- 10. This is how close a measurement is to the true value.