1.1 The Skills of Science

___________ is the grouping together of items that are alike in some ways.

• Classifying

• predicting

• infering

• observing

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Evaluating involves comparing observations and data to reach a conclusion about them.

• True

• False

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When a scientist is _______, he or she is comparing observations and data to reach a conclusion.

• evaluating

• claiming

• observing

• infering

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

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When you explain or interpret the things you observe, you are ____________.

• infering

• predicting

• observing

• claiming

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

A mother comes home to find her son holding a tennis racquet behind him, with a worried look on his face. A broken vase is on the floor next to him. What inference can you make about this situation?

• The boy knocked over the vase while playing tennis

• Sarah is not a very good tennis player.

• The dog knocked over the vase with his tail.

• Dad is not a very good babysitter

How are the skills of inferring and predicting alike? How are they different?

• Both involve making observations, but predictions are about what will happen and inferences are about what has happened.

• Only inferring involves making observations, but predictions are about what will happen and inferences are about what has happened.

• Only predicting involves making observations, but observations are about what will happen and inferences are about what has happened.

• There is nothing similar or different about the two. That is what makes them unique.

An observation that deals with numbers is a(n)

• quantitative observation

• prediction

• inference

• qualitative observation

Clark took a trip to the beach. Which is a quantitative observation he may have made?

• There were two lifeguards

• Everyone was wearing bathing suits

• It was a hot day

• The waves were big

Making models involves creating representations of complex objects or processes.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

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Using one or more of your senses to gather information is called [answer1].

• Observing

• infering

• evaluating

• predicting

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