Ch. 1 Section 1 Physical Science Key Term Quiz

A type of observation that deals with numbers/quantity.

• inferring

• qualitative observations

• quantitative observations

• predicting

A way of learning about the natural world is ____________.

• observing

• science

• predicting

• looking

Explaining or interpreting the things you observe is called __________

• predicting

• observing

• discussing

• inferring

____________ means using one or more of your 5 senses to gather information.

• predicting

• making models

• inferring

• observing

Observations that cannot be expressed in numbers (e.g., colors, taste, quality)

• qualitative observations

• quantitative observations

• scale models

• classifying

Making a forecast of what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence is called ___________.

• classifying

• predicting

• making models

• observing

• Qualitative observation

• Quantitative observation

• science

• predicting

• qualitative observation

• quantitative observation

The study of properties of matter and how matter changes is called _____________.

• science

• chemistry

• biology

• physics