Scientific Inquiry Outcomes

Identify Outcomes and Make Predictions

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• To make a good prediction, identify the possible outcomes, or things that might happen, BEFORE making a prediction.

• It helps to make charts to help make a note of outcomes.

• Your prediction is always a guess, and it may not be correct.

• It is harder to make an accurate prediction the more possible outcomes there are.

New Vocabulary

• prediction: saying what you think will happen in the future. In our lab report, we called this our hypothesis.

• outcome: the result of something

Quiz Time!

Multiple Choice

Which term means a guess about what will happen in a situation?

• puzzle

• preparation

• prediction

• practice

Multiple Choice

Mia predicted that she would score at least 90% on eight of her ten math quizzes. Look at the chart. Was her prediction correct?

• Yes, her prediction was correct.

• No, her prediction was not correct.

Multiple Choice

What should you do before making a prediction?

• create a graph

• write an equation

• collect data

• identify possible outcomes

Multiple Choice

You are rolling a six-sided number cube, or a dice, to see which number it will land on. What are the possible outcomes?

• 2, 4, or 6

• 1, 3, or 5

• 1, 3, or 6

• 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6

Multiple Choice

Sam predicts that if a letter is chosen at random from the alphabet, the probability of choosing a vowel or a consonant is equally likely. Is this a good prediction?

• No, it is not a good prediction.

• Yes, it is a good prediction.

Multiple Choice

Which is true about making predictions?

• Predictions are always wrong.

• It is harder to make an accurate prediction when there are more possible outcomes.

• It is easier to make an accurate prediction when there are more possible outcomes.

• Predictions are always right.

Multiple Choice

RJ predicted he would score at least 3 goals in 6 of his 12 soccer games. Look at the chart. Was his prediction correct?

• Yes, his prediction was correct.

• No, his prediction was not correct.