Unit 1

4. The correct way to write a hypothesis; an IF THEN BECAUSE _________
5. The amount of times you test your hypothesis.
10. A pattern, plan, representation or description designed to show the structure or workings of an object, system, or concept.
12. An organized procedure to study something under controlled conditions.
13. What you do with your results at the end of the scientific method.
15. Sense based observations. ex. blue, bitter
16. The part of an experiment that changes.
17. A descriptive statement or equation that reliably predicts events under certain conditions.
18. The knowledge obtained by observing natural events and conditions in order to discover facts and formulate laws or principles that can be verified or tested.
19. Information gathered by observation or experimentation that can be used in calculating or reasoning.
21. A system of ideas that explains many related observations and is supported by a large body of evidence acquired through scientific investigation.

1. What you think of before you start an experiment; the first step of the scientific method.
2. Measure based observations. ex. 5 cm
3. What you are measuring if warmer water temperatures increases the heart rate of fish.
6. The observations, measurements, and other types of data that people gather and test to support and evaluate scientific explanations.
7. The process of obtaining information by using the senses; the information obtained by using the senses.
8. A testable idea or explanation that leads to scientific investigation.
9. Any factor that can change in an experiment, observation, or model.
11. The part of an experiment that is measured.
14. The part of an experiment that never changes under any circumstances.
20. What you are changing if you are testing if more light will increase the movement of meal worms.