Observations and Inferences

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What is an observation?

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a fact

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What is an observation for this picture?

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There is a man in a kayak

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There are fourteen penguins.

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Observation

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The penguin got pushed in. Options: Observation, Inference

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Inference

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Which of these is an observation?

• The dog is 4 years old.
• The dog is wearing a hat.

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The dog is wearing a hat.

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What is an inference?

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the interpretation or explanation of observations

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The least amount of students like red juice

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observation

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It is raining outside

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inference

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A seedling was planted in a pot of soil and placed on a sunny windowsill. According to the chart above, the plant most likely -

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did not receive what it needed to grow

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Observations like measurements are ____________ observations

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quantitative