Chapter 1 vocab L1-3

What is the study of the natural world called?

What term describes using your senses or special tools to gather information?

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What type of data is in the form of recorded descriptions rather than numerical measurements?

• Quantitative

• Qualitative

• Mathematical

• Physical

What type of data is represented in numbers?

• Qualitative

• Conceptual

• Quantitative

• Ethical

What does it mean to find out by reasoning and arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought?

What is making statements or claims about future events based on past experience or data called?

• Evaluate

• Classify

• Predict

• Observe

What does it mean to arrange or order by classes or categories?

• Classify

• Infer

• Model

• Evaluate

What is comparing observations and data to reach a conclusion called?

• Model

• Evaluate

• Predict

• Classify

What is a representation of an object or system called?

• Physical model

• Mathematical model

• Conceptual model

• Model

What is one or more equations that represent the way a system or process works?

• Physical model

• Conceptual model

• Mathematical model

• Qualitative data

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5