Nature of Science Review

When you state what will happen, you are

• observing
• inferring
• classifying
• predicting

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When you share information through charts, graphs, and lab reports, you are

• predicting
• making models
• communicating
• classifying

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When you make an object or a representation of an idea, you are

• making models
• inferring
• classifying
• communicating

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When you group things based on characteristics, you are

• measuring
• classifying
• communicating
• predicting

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When you use five or more of your senses to take in information, you are

• observing
• classifying
• inferring
• communicating

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When you observe something using standardized units, you are

• investigating
• measuring
• observing
• predicting

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Billy wants to know which of his pet gerbils can run the fastest. What is the best way for you to figure this out?

• He should observe his pet gerbils while they are sleeping.
• He should ask his friend to guess which one is fastest.
• He should conduct an experiment and time his pet gerbils running. 
• He should measure the length of his gerbils tails.

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Which of the following set ups would likely produce the most reliable results?

• An individual scientist performs an experiment and has no other scientists check his work.
• A group of scientists from different fields work together on an investigation.
• A group of scientists perform different experiments in the same lab at the same time. 

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There is usually no difference between an observation and an inference. 

• True
• False

Science is the study of things that occur in ____________________.

• nature
• stories
• laboratories
• all of these

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