Introduction to Physical Science

_______ is a way of learning about the natural world by gathering information.

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NGSS.2-ESS1-1

NGSS.K-PS2-1

Scientists use the skills of to learn more about the natural world.

• observing

• inferring

• predicting

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

_________ means using one or more senses to gather information.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Your senses include

• sight

• hearing

• touch

• smell

• taste

____________ observations are measurements or numbers.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

______________ observations are descriptions that don't involve measurements or numbers.

• Qualitative

• Quantitative

In science, observations may also be called evidence, or ____.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

Inferences are based on reasoning from what you already know.

• True

• False

When you explain or interpret things you observe, you are inferring, or making an _________.

_________ means making a forecast of what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence

• observing

• inferring

• predicting

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2