Across
- 4. using information gathered during observation to make an educated guess about has happened or is happening
- 5. gathering factual information using your senses
- 7. a forecast of what will happen based on evidence
- 9. a hypothesis, or group of hypotheses, that have been supported or accepted many times, but can be disproven.
- 10. a universal statement that describes some pattern in nature
Down
- 1. a possible answer to a question, based on prior experience, that can be supported or refuted through experimentation or observation
- 2. variable the variable changed by a scientist.
- 3. variable the variable a scientist measures in an experiment.
- 6. a factor in an experiment that differs by amount
- 8. the variable a scientist wants to remain constant so (s)he can better understand the dependent variable