Inquiry Skills Lesson 1 Review

_______ is using one or more of your senses to gather information about the world.

• Inferring

• Observing

• Variables

• Experimenting

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Which of the following is NOT one of the five (5) senses?

• taste

• smell

• singing

• touch

Observations must be __________ and objective.

• accurate

• false

• made up

• your opinion

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Qualitative observations _________ include numbers.

• do

• do not

Which of the following are examples of qualitative observations?

• height

• color

• smell

• weight

Quantitative observations _________ include numbers.

• do

• do not

Which of the following are examples of quantitative observations?

• weight

• color

• shape

• length

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Quantitative observations are often made using _________________________

• guesses

• instruments

• papers

• pencils

__________________ are attempted explanations based on observations that have been made.

• observations

• opinions

• inferences

• variables

Accurate observations are considered to be _________

 evidence, the inference may not be correct.

• made up

• fictional

• fake

• factual

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-2