A student placed 50 mealworms in the middle of an aquarium containing a light, a cardboard tube and a water dish. He waited five minutes and then recorded the data for the first trial in the table above. The student repeated this procedure two more times, and recorded the results. Read the results of all three trials. Which inference could you make about mealworms based on the results.

The mealworms probably prefer the darkness of a cardboard tube.

There were 6 mealworms under the light in trial 2.

There were 36 more mealworms in the cardboard tube versus the light in trial 3.

A scientist finds the skeleton of an animal that lived long ago. He observes that the animal had broad, flat teeth and feet with hooves. What is the best inference he could make from his observations?

The animal was probably a plant eater.

The animal lived in an area with few trees.

The animal was probably a meat eater.

What is observation? A good scientist is observant and notices things in the world. This leads to curiousity!

Information gathered using the 5 senses

A question based on past experience

Information that only comes from measurements

What is an inference?

A prediction or logical conclusions about our observations

deciding if an observation is qualitative or quantitative

If your teacher asked you to make qualitative observations about the class’s pet hamster, which group of words might be used?

A long hair, white and brown colored, soft

A mass of 3 kg, 11 cm long, age of 16 months

A mass of 3 kg, 11 cm long, cute

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A scientist discovers the body of an unknown species of frog in the rain forest of Brazil. She writes several statements in her journal about the animal shown above. Which of the following is an observation about the frog?

The frog might be poisonous because it is very brightly colored.

It has a mass of 22.4 grams.

The frog is probably a tree climber because it has large, round toe pads.

I think the frog is a species of poison dart frog because of its size and color.

The flowers are green and blue.

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There are 75 trees in the forest.

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The clouds are grey and ground is wet.

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There are ten buttons on the table.

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The teachers are wearing red and black.

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There are 54 players on the Carolina Panthers football team.

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Observation and Inferences

A scientist discovers the body of an unknown species of frog in the rain forest of Brazil. She writes several statements in her journal about the animal shown above. Which of the following is an observation about the frog?

The flowers are green and blue.

There are 75 trees in the forest.

The clouds are grey and ground is wet.

There are ten buttons on the table.

The teachers are wearing red and black.

There are 54 players on the Carolina Panthers football team.

There are 25 Liters of water in the buckets.

Jessica is wearing a scarf.

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