Unit 1 Part A Vocab

Question 1

QUANTITATIVE OBSERVATION

Answer 1

A quantitative observation deals with numbers or amounts.

Question 2

QUALITATIVE OBSERVATION

Answer 2

Deals with descriptions that cannot be expressed in numbers.

Question 3

OBSERVING

Answer 3

Using one or more of your senses to gather information.

Question 4

INFERENCES

Answer 4

Explaining or interpreting the things you observe.

Question 5

DESIGN PROCESS

Answer 5

The process of creating a plan or convention for the construction of an object.

Question 6

SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION

Answer 6

The way in which scientists study the natural world.

Question 7

PREDICTING

Answer 7

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

Question 8

CLASSIFYING

Answer 8

Grouping together items that are alike in some ways.

Question 9

MAKING MODELS

Answer 9

Creating representations of complex objects or processes.

Question 10

ETHICS

Answer 10

Rules that enable people to know right from wrong.

Question 11

SKEPTICISM

Answer 11

Having an attitude of doubt.

Question 12

INDUCTIVE REASONING

Answer 12

Using specific observations to make a generalization.

Question 13

BIAS

Answer 13

Influence of likes and dislikes on thinking.

Question 14

OBJECTIVE THINKING

Answer 14

Based on evidence.

Question 15

SUBJECTIVE THINKING

Answer 15

Based on personal feelings.

Question 16

DEDUCTIVE REASONING

Answer 16

Applying a general idea to a specific observation.

Question 17

FIELD

Answer 17

Any area outside a science laboratory.

Question 18

SAFETY SYMBOLS

Answer 18

Signs that alert you to possible sources of accidents in a laboratory.