Earth Science Mid-Term

What is an example of an inference?

• It is going to rain later today.

• The clouds are dark gray.

• The temperature is 67 degrees Fahrenheit.

• All of these are examples of inferences.

Observation or Inference: I notice the tree by the pond has no leaves on it.

• Observation

• Inference

Which of the following is an observation about the man in this picture:

• The man hates his purple shirt.
• The man has a purple shirt.
• The man is having a bad day.
• This man is upset because he's hungry

What is the DEPENDENT variable (effect) in this experiment?

"Does eating breakfast improve test scores?"

• eating breakfast or not

• the grade you got on the test

• what time you get up in the morning

• how tasty the breakfast is

An observation that deals with a number or amount (mass, height, length, temperature, etc.)

• Quantitative observation

• Qualitative observation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

An observation that describes using your five senses (sight, smell, touch, taste, hearing). It also uses NO numbers.

• Quantitative observations

• Qualitative observations

The variable in an experiment that a scientist purposely changes; the cause

• dependent variable

• independent variable

• control variable

Match the following

• Moons of Jupiter: proved Heliocentric

• 
• first to challenge the geocentric idea

• 
• Believed in a geocentric universe

• 
• Collected LOTS of data - like 20 years!

• 
• First to recognize elliptical orbits

• 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3