Across
- 4. Sometimes scientists make a mistake, or ______, and need to do an experiment again
- 5. The ______ describes the steps you use during an experiment
- 8. a variable whose outcome depends on another variable
- 9. the group that gets manipulated/ bothered
- 12. The ______ ______ is a process used by scientists to find answers to questions or solve a problem
- 14. the scientific method is a series in which we go by order
- 16. The _______ variable is the part of the experiment that is being tested or the part that is changed by the person doing the experiment
- 17. Scientists make ______ to help them make a hypothesis or collect data during an experiment
- 19. The first step of the scientific method is to define or identify the ______
Down
- 1. After the experiment, scientists organize and ______ the data
- 2. a variable whose outcome does not depend on another variable
- 3. After the scientist makes a hypothesis, they perform an ______ to collect data
- 6. The information collected during an experiment is called _______
- 7. a variable whose outcome does not depend on another variable
- 10. The ______ variable is the part of the experiment that is affected by the independent variable
- 11. The ______ is the part of an experiment that is not being tested and is used for comparison
- 13. After an experiment, scientists write a ______ which summarizes their experiment and results
- 15. The ______ is an educated guess
- 18. Scientists use their data to make charts and ______ to communicate the results of an experiment