Scientific Inquiry Review

When you explain why the sugar is dissolving faster than the salt.  This is an example of a(an) ________________

• classification
• experiment
• prediction
• inference

When you are finished with your experiment, you compare your data with your observations.  This process is called....

• Inquiring
• Evaluating
• Classifying
• Predicting

Mr. Southworth wrote down how many students received Bark Awards so he would have ___________.

• Inferences
• Predictions
• Quantitative Observations
• Qualitative Observations

Nelson recorded that the soap had a strong scent, this was ________________.

• a qualitative observation
• a quantitative observation
• a prediction
• a hypothesis

In the bubble lab, you recorded the diameter of each bubble.  This was an example of .......

• hypothesis
• prediction
• data
• qualitative observation

Scientists study the world and offer explanations for what they are seeing.  This process is called .....

• inferences
• predictions
• observations
• scientific inquiry

When you performed the bubble lab, the independent variable was the _________.

• type of soap
• size of the bubble
• amount of soup
• type of water

The teacher grouped the students papers into different groups such as mod, grade, and gender.  This process is called ......

• evaluation
• classification
• observation
• hypothesis

When you make a prediction, you are _______________.

• making an evaluation
• guessing
• making a statement about the future
• making an inference

Scientists use data tables to record and ______________ their work.

• experiment with
• organize
• celebrate
• hide