Chapter 1 Lesson 1 Quiz

Classifying involves evaluating observations and data to reach a conclusion about them.

• True
• False

Tools, such as the microscope, can help scientists when they are observing.

• True
• False

Scientists make predictions to help them study things that cannot be observed directly.

• True
• False

A qualitative observation involves descriptions that cannot be expressed in numbers.

• True
• False

Inferring is a way to learn about the natural world.

• True
• False

Scientists use past experience or evidence to make _____________________ about what will happen in the future.

• investigation
• inferences
• predictions
• classifying
• analyze

To draw a conclusion, scientists must ____________________ data from an investigation.

• investigation
• inferences
• predictions
• classifying
• analyze

____________________ are attempts to explain what has already happened.

• investigation
• inferences
• predictions
• classifying
• analyze

____________________ is one way scientists organize data from an experiment.

• investigation
• inferences
• predictions
• classifying
• analyze

A scientific ____________________ is the forming and testing of ideas about the natural world.

• investigation
• inferences
• predictions
• classifying
• analyze