Scientific Inquiry

Using any of your 5 senses to describe the world around you.

• Observation

• Inference

• Prediction

• Logical Theory

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Which of these is an observation?

• The dog is 4 years old.

• The dog is wearing a hat.

What is an inference? 

• Just a random guess
• A prediction or logical conclusions about our observations
• The same as an observation
• deciding if an observation is qualitative or quantitative

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Choose 2 inferences about this picture.

• Today is the dog's birthday.

• There is a candle on the cake.

• The dog has a tag on the collar.

• The dog will eat the cake.

What observation could be made about the picture.

• The child is feeling cold.

• The child will play outside.

• The child is dressed with many clothes

• The child will stay warm while he is outside.

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What inference could be made about this picture.

• The child is wearing mostly red.

• This is a child.

• The child is cold.

• The child is overdressed.

Observations like the color or texture of an object are ________________ observations.

• quantitative
• qualitative
• operational
• scientific

Observations like measurements are ____________ observations

• quantitiative
• qualitative
• operational
• scientific

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Mr. S. sets up an experiment to see how the mass of a ball affects the distance it rolls off a ramp.  Identify the independent variable.

• distance traveled by the ball
• height of the ramp
• mass of the ball
• weight of the ball

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What is the DEPENDENT variable (effect) in this experiment?

"Does eating breakfast improve test scores?"

• eating breakfast or not

• the grade you got on the test

• what time you get up in the morning

• how tasty the breakfast is