1. Bio Unit 1 Test

A description of something that you can see, smell, touch, taste, or hear.

• observation

• inference

• opinion

• question

A guess about an object or outcome based on your observations.

• observation

• inference

• opinion

• question

________________ observations describe qualities.

• qualitative

• quantitaitve

_________________ observations use numbers to measure something.

• qualitative

• quantitaitve

Which of the following are considered qualitative observations?

• 15mL

• purple liquid

• sweet smell

• 35in

• 12 grasshoppers

Which of the following are considered quantitative observations?

• 15mL

• purple liquid

• sweet smell

• 35in

• 12 grasshoppers

how close your measurements are to each other

how close your measurement is to the correct/accepted value

the goal of scientific investigations is to:

A testable prediction based on observations is a:

• guess

• question

• hypothesis

• data point