Science unit 1

____________ are skills people use to find out information.

• Models

• Inquiry skills

• Infer

• Ruler

_________ means to make a good guess about what will happen.

• Compare

• Investigate

• Thermometer

• Predict

When you _______ objects you are finding out how they are alike and different.

• compare

• scale

• design

• study

You can make a _______ or _________ to demonstrate what something is like o how it works.

• scale or ruler

• prediction or hypothesis

• model or design

• cookie or cake

Match the following science tools

• measures liquids

• measuring cup

• measures objects with straight lines

• Hand lens

• makes things look larger

• rulers

• measures weight in pounds and ounces

• scale

• measures temperature in degrees

• thermometer

A ____________ can measure around an object.

• thermometer

• scale

• hypothesis

• tape measure

When you ____________ you plan and do a test to answer a question or solve a problem.

• compare

• investigate

• infer

• predict

A ___________ is a statement that can be tested.

• hypothesis

• model

• ruler

• design

When you ______________ you use information you have gathered to decide if your results support your hypothesis.

• use the bathroom

• make models

• make predictions

• draw conclusions