Quiz #1 Review - Earth Science Summer School

Which of the following is an observation about this picture?

• The boy has fallen off his bike.

• The boy is in a lot of pain.

• The boy has injuries to his knees

• The boy learned his lesson about wheelies

Which of the following statements is an inference about the picture

• The vase is broken.

• The girls' bow is blue and purple.

• The girl broke the vase.

• The girl has blonde hair.

Information obtained through the senses.

• Volume

• Classification

• Observation

• time

Observations supported or described by a measurement

• quantitative observation

• qualitative observation

• Mass

• Inference

The process of grouping things based on their similarities

• length

• Classification

• Volume

• qualitative observation

Observations made using your five senses

• quantitative observation

• Inference

• water displacement

• qualitative observation

An observation made with an instrument consisting of a number and unit

• Observation

• Inference

• Measurement

• qualitative observation

Distance between two points

• Volume

• quantitative observation

• length

• Observation

the amount of matter in an object

• Mass

• qualitative observation

• length

• Classification

The amount of space an object takes up

• qualitative observation

• quantitative observation

• time

• Volume