Science- Ch. 1 What is Science?

The 5 skills scientists use to learn about the world are observing, inferring, predicting, classifying, and ___________________.

• skepticism

• variables

• making models

• taking guesses

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

When you explain or interpret an observation, you are ______________________.

• classifying

• making models

• inferring

• being a skeptic

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

The scientific attitude of having doubt is called _____________________.

• skepticism

• variables

• hypothesis

• classifying

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3

Facts, figures, and evidence gathered through observations are called ___________________.

• theory

• data

• skepticism

• models

Noticing the sky is dark and hearing thunder are examples of _______________________________.

• observing

• predicting

• classifying

• inferring

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

When you are _____________________, you are making a forecast of what will happen in the future based on your past experiences.

• classifying

• inferring

• observing

• predicting

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A ________________________ is a factor that can change in an experiment.

• hypothesis

• variable

• theory

• law

Creating representations of complex processes or objects is called _______________________.

• making an inference

• forming a hypothesis

• making models

• gathering data

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

____________________________ are observations with numbers.

• quantitative observations

• qualitative observations

• hypotheses

• data

____________________________ are observations without numbers.

• quantitative observations

• qualitative observations

• hypotheses

• data