Observation

Which of the following is an observation about this picture?

• The boy has fallen off his bike.
• The boy is in a lot of pain.
• The boy has injuries to his knees
• The boy learned his lesson about wheelies

Which of the following statements is an inference about the picture

• The vase is broken.
• The girls' bow is blue and purple.
• The girl broke the vase.
• The girl has blonde hair.

Scenario: you walk into the science classroom and see an unfamiliar adult at the front of the room. You also see that Mrs Waterhouse is not in the room. You wonder where she could be. Which of these is an inference?

• You walk into science.
• You see an unfamiliar adult.
• You do not see Mrs. Waterhouse

• "Maybe she's home sick today" 

Which of these statements is an inference about this picture?

• There is a red candle on the window sill.
• The moon is full.
• It is Christmas time.
• There's snow on the tree.

Which of the following is an observation about the man in this picture:

• The man hates his purple shirt.
• The man has a purple shirt.
• The man is having a bad day.
• This man is upset because he's hungry

Scenario: You are shopping at Kohl's and then you hear glass breaking, someone yelling and you smell pickle juice. Which of these is/are observations?

• You hear glass breaking
• Someone broke a pickle jar

• You smell pickle juice
• You hear yelling

Scenario: You are shopping at Coles and then you hear glass breaking, someone yelling and you smell pickle juice. Which of these is/are inferences?

• The pickle jar was slippery.
• Someone dropped a jar of pickles.
• You smell pickle juice

• That person is having a bad day.

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

• quantitative
• qualitative
• operational
• scientific

Observations like measurements are ____________ observations

• quantitiative
• qualitative
• operational
• scientific

A seedling was planted in a pot of soil and placed on a sunny windowsill. According to the chart above, the plant most likely - 

• received the sunlight and water it needed to grow
• was replanted in a new pot in Week 3
• did not receive what it needed to grow
• grew 5 cm in six weeks