Show What You Know Unit 1: Nature of Science

Rate your confidence in the following skill:

I can use my senses to make detailed observations.

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I can differentiate between inference, observation, and opinion.

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I can use observations and knowledge to make inferences about the natural world and communicate my reasoning.

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I can explain the difference between inference, observation, and opinion.

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I can identify quantitative observations and explain how they differ from qualitative observations.

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I can form a testable question about an observed phenomenon that can be answered using the Scientific Method.

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Which is a testable question?

• Why do monarch butterflies migrate such long distances?

• How does the ugliness of a caterpillar affect the beauty of the butterfly?

• Which country has the most interesting butterflies?

• How does the air quality (AQI) affect the number of butterflies in the field?

Some butterflies have patterns on their wings that match the bark of the trees they land on.

The sentence above is a/an...

• qualitative observation

• inference

• quantitative observation

• opinion

The new iPhone is not as good as the newest Huawei phone because its screen is smaller.

The sentence above is a/an...

• qualitative observation

• inference

• quantitative observation

• opinion

Which is a correctly-written hypothesis?

• I think that the type of food in the bird feeder is the most important variable.

• If the bird feeder is in the shade, then more birds will visit because they will feel safe from predators.

• Birds will see the bird feeder in the field more easily, so more will visit.

• If the bird feeder is in direct sunlight, then it will get very hot.