Using Scientific Inquiry

Which of the following is NOT a skill scientists use to explore the natural world?

• Observing

• Classifying

• Making models

• Painting

• Inferring

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NGSS.2-PS1-1

NGSS.K-2-ETS1-1

NGSS.K-PS2-1

_____ is a way of learning about the natural world.

• Science

• Magic

• Guesswork

• Superstition

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Using one or more of your senses to gather information.

• Observing

• Guessing

• Ignoring

• Assuming

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Deals with numbers, or amounts.

• Quantitative Observation

• Qualitative Observation

• Inference

• Prediction

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Deals with descriptions that cannot be expressed in numbers.

• Qualitative Observation

• Quantitative Observation

• Numerical Analysis

• Statistical Measurement

Representations of complex objects or processes.

• Models

• Collecting Data

• Forming Hypotheses

• Conducting Experiments

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Grouping together items that are alike in some way.

• Classifying

• Measuring

• Predicting

• Observing

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

When you explain or interpret things that you observe.

• Inferring

• Measuring

• Predicting

• Classifying

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Making a statement or claim about what will happen based on past experience or evidence.

• Predicting

• Describing

• Measuring

• Comparing

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

When you evaluate observations and data to reach a conclusion.

• Analysis
• Data Collection
• Conclusion
• Observation

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NGSS.MS-PS2-5

NGSS.MS-PS3-4