Across
- 4. This a quantity that can have more than a single value.
- 5. This is the first step of the scientific method.
- 7. This happens when what the scientist expects changes how the results are viewed.
- 8. This variable is always found on the horizontal axis usually called x-axis.
- 9. This is an explanation of things or events based on knowledge gained from many observations and investigations.
- 12. It is the application of science to help people.
- 13. This should be performed before the hypothesis.
- 15. Scientists do this to learn new information about the natural world.
- 16. This is a statement of what happens in nature and seems to be true all the time.
Down
- 1. This is an organized set of investigation procedures.
- 2. In the scientific method you do this to test the effect of one thing on another using controlled conditions.
- 3. This variable is always found on the vertical axis, usually called y-axis.
- 6. It resembles something in the natural world. Scientists build it and then test it to see how it acts.
- 10. This is a factor that doesn't change when other variables change.
- 11. This is a possible explanation for a problem using what you already know and what you observe.
- 14. This is the standard by which the test results can be compared.