Scientific Method Part 1

The animal that had sharp teeth ate meat.

• Observation

• Inference

Answer explanation

Not seen but assumed the sharp teeth helped devour meat

There are tracks from three different animals in the rock.

• Observation

• Inference

Answer explanation

Direct statement about what was seen

One animal was chasing another animal.

• Observation

• Inference

Answer explanation

An assumption of why multiple animal tracks are seen.

Two different animals died in this spot.

• Observation

• Inference

Answer explanation

Something that was directly seen

When the animals walked around here the ground was wet.

• Observation

• Inference

Answer explanation

Assumption of how the tracks were easily made in the area.

One of the animals that died here had bony plates.

• Observation

• Inference

Answer explanation

Directly seen in the fossils left behind.

The temperature outside is 250 degrees Celsius.

• Qualitative

• Quantitative

Answer explanation

Includes numbers

The race was over quickly.

• Qualitative

• Quantitative

Answer explanation

Description of how fast the race was

It is warm outside.

• Qualitative

• Quantitative

Answer explanation

Description of how it feels outside

The cup had a mass of 454 grams.

• Qualitative

• Quantitative

Answer explanation

Includes numbers