Pearson Science Grade 5 Chapter 1

The ability to make a measurement that is as close to the actual value as possible is called _____________________________.

• variable

• precision

• data

• accuracy

The ability to consistently repeat a measurement is called _________________________.

• data

• sampling

• accuracy

• precision

Examining random individuals from a population is called _____________________. Example: Doctors may examine a few people from the picnic and see how healthy they are.

• observation

• inference

• variable

• sampling

A standard against which change is measured is a called ________________________

• variable

• control group

• experiment

• experiment

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Step-by-step instructions for completing a task are called ________________________.

• hypothesis

• model

• procedures

• interpret data

Questionnaire that this given to a number of people whose answers are recorded and then analyzed is called a _____________________________,

• survey

• model

• data

• precision

Something that can change in a test is called a ________________________.

• model

• variable

• inference

• procedure

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

A conclusion based on observations is called a(n) _____________________________.

• data

• procedure

• inference

• evidence

Objects or ideas that represent other things are called ________________________.

• precision

• control groups

• data

• models

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-2

Information from which a conclusion can be drawn or a prediction can be made is called ______________________.

• hypthesis

• evidence

• inference

• data