Across 2. The directions/steps you follow when conducting a scientific experiment 4. What the scientist thinks the relationship between the manipulated and responding variables will be. Predictions are based on past experience or evidence. 5. An interpretation based on observations and prior knowledge, what you think about the observations, similar to claim 8. a statement that answers the testable question or scientific problem 9. The mean of numbers in a list; calculated by adding all of the numbers in a list together then dividing by how many numbers are in the list. 12. The factor that changes as a result of changes to the manipulated (independent) variable in an experiment; also called the dependent variable (2 Words) 15. A representation of something in the natural world that is changed so that we can understand it. 17. The one factor that a scientist changes during an experiment; also called independent variable (2 Words) 18. An explanation that explains how the experiment shows the relationship between the manipulated and responding variable 19. Tools that are used to collect data scientifically such as scales or balances for mass, graduated cylinders for volume, meter sticks for length and stopwatches for time. (2 Words)

Down 1. An experiment designed so that only the manipulated and responding variables change. Everything else is kept the same. (2 Words) 3. A question that can be answered through scientific inquiry based on data that can be gathered (2 Words) 6. Data that cannot be expressed using numbers (2 Words) 7. Information gathered using one or more of your senses, similar to evidence 10. Observations that deals with numbers or amounts (2 Words) 11. Facts, figures and other evidence gathered through observations 13. A way of organizing your data (2 Words) 14. Data that support a claim, argument or inference 16. A picture of information from a data table; shows the relationship between variables