Scientific Method & Lab Reports

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Across
  1. 3. the ________ group shows what's "normal"; it shows what happens in everyday life
  2. 5. the section of your lab report that includes the directions, specifically written so that someone can perform them if they wish to use your lab
  3. 9. the __________ question is the question that the lab is attempting to answer
  4. 10. the __________ group is the same as the control group, but is changed by the independent variable
  5. 12. the ______________ variable is the variable that we are changing in the experiment
  6. 13. the section of your lab report that includes the list of items that you used
  7. 15. factors in the experiment that remain the same throughout are referred to as _____________
  8. 16. data that is collected with numbers, often by measuring something
Down
  1. 1. data that is a description, often comes from an observation
  2. 2. the section of your lab report that discusses your data and "answers" your research question
  3. 4. the section of your lab report that includes data, tables, and graphs
  4. 6. the ________ variable is the result that occurs due to the change from the independent variable; we often measure this somehow
  5. 7. a possible explanation for an observation
  6. 8. we use different __________ of the independent variable to get a clearer picture of how the independent variable affects the results
  7. 11. the "name" of your lab report, it concisely describes what your experiment is about
  8. 14. the section of your lab report that includes background information, the research question, and science information talked about in class