Nature of Science

Information gathered by using your senses is an

• inference

• observation

• prediction

• hypothesis

A test done to see if the hypothesis is correct is an

• experiment

• observation

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• inference

To draw a conclusion about something based on observations is an

• hypothesis

• prediction

• inference

• experiment

Placing objects or events into groups based on common characteristics is

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• buoyancy

• measuring

• classifying

To use observations and data to form an idea of what will happen under certain conditions is to

• infer

• observe

• predict

• swim

Organizing measurements to make your information easier to use and interpret is

• representing data

• classifying

• qualitative

• measuring

An idea or explanation that you then test through study or experimentation is a

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• buoyancy

• prediction

• hypothesis

determining the length, area, volume, mass, or temperature to describe and quantify objects is

• singing a song

• measuring

• communicating

• observing

The ability to float in water, air, or some other fluid is called

• buoyancy

• drowning

• measuring

• predicting

Observations that are descriptions and are observed not measured.

• quantitative

• inferring

• qualitative

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