Scientific Method Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. factors such as temperature, light, and moisture that affect ecosystems and organisms
  2. 3. a variable in an experiment that is kept the same to ensure a fair test
  3. 5. the group in an experiment that does not receive the experimental treatment; used for comparison
  4. 7. descriptive data based on characteristics, not numbers
  5. 8. the variable that is changed or manipulated in an experiment
  6. 11. limitations or restrictions in experiments or engineering solutions (time, cost, etc.)
  7. 12. Proposed explanation to a scientific question
Down
  1. 1. the group in an experiment that receives the independent variable or treatment
  2. 4. the variable in an experiment that is measured and affected by changes in the independent variable
  3. 6. data measured in numbers
  4. 9. the consistency and trustworthiness of results
  5. 10. a series of steps that produce a result in biology (cell division, photosynthesis, transcription, translation, cell respiration, etc.)