Observations, Inferences, Predictions

Which of the following is an inference about this animal?

• The ferret will bite.

• The ferret has whiskers.

• The ferret has a tail.

• The ferret is hungry.

Answer explanation

You can't directly observe that this beast is hungry in the picture.

Which is a quantitative observation?

• There are two penguins.

• The penguins are black and white.

• The penguins will dive into the ocean.

• These penguins are mates.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Which is a qualitative observation?

• There are two penguins.

• The penguins are black and white.

• The penguins will dive into the ocean.

• These penguins are mates.

Which is a prediction?

• There are two penguins.

• The penguins are black and white.

• The penguins will dive into the ocean.

• These penguins are mates.

Which is an inference?

• The platypus is very happy.

• The platypus has webbed feet.

• The platypus has its mouth open.

• The platypus has claws.

Which is an inference?

• There is snow on the trees.

• It is winter.

• It will snow in an hour.

What qualitative observation can be made about the picture?

• The boy's name is Lincoln.

• The girl's backpack has a unicorn on it.

• There are 2 backpacks.

• The kids are on there way to school.

An observation that deals with characteristics that cannot be expressed in numbers is a/an

• inference

• qualitative observation

• quantitative observation

• prediction

True or False: A prediction is an interpretation of what is currently happening based on observations and prior knowledge.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

True or False: Inferences are always true.

• True

• False