Across
- 3. glass container with a flat bottom that scientists use to hold liquids
- 4. amount or degree of something that is most favorable for something, often resulting the greatest amount
- 5. any information that has been collected, observed, generated or created to validate original research findings
- 6. data expressing a certain quantity, amount or range
- 8. general direction into which something is changing, developing, or veering toward.
- 9. a slender graduated tube used in a laboratory for measuring and transferring quantities of liquids
- 13. variable in a scientific experiment that is affected by another variable
- 18. average by summing up all values and dividing by the number of values
- 19. a systematic investigation into a topic or idea by asking questions and testing to find answers
- 22. a group of the experiment that you are exposing to “normal” conditions
- 23. unintentional lack of precision or accuracy in an experiment due to random chance or procedural errors
- 24. the difference between lowest and highest values; or the region of data by listing the lowest and highest values
- 25. statement based on repeated experimental observations that describes some aspect of the world
- 26. scientific equipment that allows probes to be interfaced with computer software to collect data
Down
- 1. a narrow, cylindrical container marked with horizontal lines to represent units of measurement and used to precisely measure the volume of a liquid
- 2. a quantity that does not change in an experiment
- 7. scientific claim not yet verified by repeated experiments or one having substantial variation
- 10. statement that tells what will happen under certain conditions
- 11. a pair of pincers or tweezers used in a laboratory
- 12. the process by which researchers purposefully change, alter, or influence the independent variables
- 14. scientific claim based on experiments that are fundamentally flawed, include unacceptable data, or cannot be repeated
- 15. descriptive data that is observable but not measured using numbers
- 16. variable in a scientific experiment that is manipulated by the researcher to investigate its effect on another variable
- 17. mathematical value that expresses how far a set of data is spread out, or how far the value of expermentalm ean is to the true mean
- 20. explanation of an aspect of the natural world and universe that has been repeatedly tested and verified in accordance with sound scientific methods
- 21. conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning