Chapter 1 - Practicing Science

Question 1

What is observing?

Answer 1

Means using one or more of your senses to gather info.

Question 2

What is quantitative observations?

Answer 2

Deals with numbers or amounts.

Question 3

What is qualitative observations?

Answer 3

Deals with descriptions that cannot be expressed in numbers.

Question 4

What is inferring?

Answer 4

Making an inference

Inference- The reason involved in drawing a conclusion

Question 5

What is predicting?

Answer 5

Means making a statement or a claim about what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence.

Question 6

What is classifying?

Answer 6

Is the grouping together items that have the same properties.

Question 7

What is making models?

Answer 7

Involves creating representations of complex objects or processes.

Question 8

What is evaluating?

Answer 8

Involves comparing observations and data to come to a conclusion about them.

Question 9

What is a scientific investigation?

Answer 9

Is the way in which scientists study the natural world.

Question 10

What is science?

Answer 10

Is the way of learning about the natural world.