how do we use inquiry skills? U1 L1

What does it mean to infer?

• compare objects and put them into groups

• use a model to find out how a real object works

• use observations to tell why something happens

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which inquiry skill do you use when you make a good guess about what you will observe in an investigation?

• comparing

• inferring

• predicting

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NGSS.3-PS2-2

Look at this picture. Tuan measures this temperature in the afternoon.

She knows that the afternoon temperature is higher than the morning temperature. Which inquiry skill is she using?

• comparing

• predicting

• communicating

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NGSS.3-ESS2-1

What do you do when you use your five senses to learn about things?

• classify

• observe

• record

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What do you do when you make a hypothesis?

• sort things into groups

• make a statement that you can test

• observe how things are alike and different

Patty puts one plant in the shade and one plant in the sun. She thinks the plant in the shade will not grow as well as the plant in the sun. What is she doing?

• comparing

• planning

• predicting

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Observing, comparing, and measuring are skills that help people find out information. What are these skills called?

• exploring skills

• inquiry skills

• modeling skills

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

What does predict mean?

• to sort things into groups

• to observe how things are alike and different

• to make a good guess about what will happen

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Look at this picture. You use this tool to find out the amount of liquid some soil can hold.

What are you doing?

• classifying

• inferring

• measuring

Jared uses his sense of sight to observe how two leaves are the same and different. What is he doing?

• classifying

• comparing

• making a model