Science Is Everywhere 1.2 : Observing the World

Which is one is the best caption for this picture?

• Watch me jumping

• Watch the sky

• Science is everywhere

• Observe the World

_______ is an accurate description of a thing or an event

• a suggestion

• an observation

• an inference

• an opinion

Choose the correct option for;

It is raining.

• a suggestion

• an observation

• an inference

• an opinion

Choose the correct option for;

I like rain!

• a suggestion

• an observation

• an inference

• an opinion

When practicing science, it is important to make observations

without making opinions. Why do you think this is important?

• Becuase opinion is what most people agree with.

• Becuase opinion maybe just our own thinking.

• It depands on you

An astronomer uses a telescope to observe objects that are

millions of miles away. A microbiologist uses a microscope

to study small organisms like amoebas and bacteria that are

millions of times smaller than you are.

Which sense out of 5 senses is being used in above observation?

• sight

• hearing

• touch

• taste

• smell

Acoustics is the science of designing objects based on how sound

travels.

Which sense out of 5 senses is being used this field of science?

• sight

• hearing

• touch

• taste

• smell

Geerat J. Vermeij, Ph.D., is a marine biologist who is blind. He

relies on his hands to study the shells of marine mollusks

(Figure 1.7). His observations, based on_______________

• sight

• hearing

• touch

• taste

• smell

The senses of _____ and _____are used when scientists develop new

food products.

• sight

• hearing

• touch

• taste

• smell

Scientists write their observations_______

• on the blackboard

• in a notebook

• on a paper

• on the whiteboard