Across
- 4. the investigation and exploration or natural events and of the new information that results from those investigations
- 6. variable the factor a scientist observes or measures during an experiment
- 8. the act of using one or more of your senses to gather information and take notes of what occurs
- 9. system of units the internationally accepted system of measurement
- 13. law a rule that describes a pattern in nature
- 15. notion a method of writing or displaying very small or very large values in a short form
- 17. error the expression of error as a percentage of the accepted value
- 19. theory an explanation of observations or events that is based on knowledge gained from many observations and investigations
- 20. an interpretation of observations
- 21. a statement of what will happen next in a sequence of events
Down
- 1. the factors in an experiment that remain the same
- 2. group the part of the controlled experiment used to study relationships among variables
- 3. data the use of numbers to describe what is observed in an experiment
- 5. a possible explanation for an observation that can be tested by scientific investigations
- 7. data that is used of words to describe what is observed in an experiment
- 10. a logical explanation of an observation that is drawn from prior knowledge and experience
- 11. variable that is changed by the investigator to observe how it affects a dependent variable
- 12. any factor that can have more than one value
- 14. a spoken or written summary of an observation
- 16. group the part of the controlled experiment that contains the same factors as the experimental group, but the independent variable is not changed
- 18. thinking comparing what you already know, information you are given in order to decide whether you agree with it
- 22. the practical use of scientific knowledge, especially for industrial or commercial use