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WorksheetsScientific Skills 004
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 15mins
The hallway is warmer than the science room. What type of observation is this?
Qualitative
Quantitative
Which type of observation uses numbers or measurements?
Qualitative
Quantitative
Variable
Inference
What do scientists do when they make a forecast of what will happen in the future?
Inference
Hypothesis
Classification
Prediction
The sky is usually blue during the day. What type of observation is this?
Qualitative
Quantitative
Opinion
None of the above
The basketball is orange with black lines.
Observation
Inference
Mrs. Perry is frowning, so she must be angry.
Observation
Inference
What is an inference?
An explanation about what will happen tomorrow.
An explanation or statement based on observations.
The same as an observation.
Examples of observations
Which statement is an observation?
Her favorite color must be brown
Her hair is brown because she dyed it.
Her hair is brown.
Her hair has not been cut in two years.
There are ____________ senses all together.
3
6
5
4
which is an example of a quantitative observation?
the ant is 3 centimeters long
the classroom feels cold
he clouds are big and white
Which of the following is an example of classification?
Buying blue dye to color your hair
Collecting a soil sample
Giving a weather report
Separating spoons, knives and forks in a drawer
Which of the following is an example of a model?
Notebook
A Globe
Your television
A bookshelf
What are the 5 skills scientists use to do science?
sight, hearing, smell, feeling, and taste.
observing, curiosity, inferring, making models, and predicting.
making models, observing, classifying, predicting, and inferring.
observing, creativity, classifying, making models, and inferring
The work of a scientist mostly start with _______________ .
Inference
Observation
Prediction
Making models
The process of grouping together items that are alike in some way is considered as a(n) ------------
inferring
predicting
classifying
making models
What's one example of a quantitative observation?
The truck is green
I think the man will fall
There are twenty flowers in the garden
The sky is blue
Which of the following statements is an inference?
Explaining that you are going to get an A on your quiz because you studied.
Explaining that someone is rich due to driving a nice car.
From the two statements below, which one is a prediction?
You will get good grades this year because you got good grades last year.
Jimmy likes the 76ers because he is wearing a 76ers shirt.
The woman is calling the doctor. Observation or Inference?
Observation
Inference
Making a statement or a claim about what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence.
classifying
observation
predicting
Making models can be explained as ____________ .
Creating a table full of delicious foods
Creating objects to explain ideas
Creating mental pictures about the future
The best way to define science is ------------------ .
Science is the process of explaining how the natural world works.
Science is an opinion based on ideas.
Science is the study of living things.
All of the above.
Determine whether the statement is a fact or opinion.
Gathering scientific data can be easy.
Fact
Opinion
Sal is studying the solar system. He makes a physical model using different-sized foam balls to represent the planets. Which best describes why a physical model is a useful tool for studying the solar system?
Solar system models can be used to study a system that is too big to study directly.
A model of the solar system eliminates the need for scientists to study the solar system directly.
A model of the solar system provides an exact replica of the actual solar system, so scientists can experience what each planet is like.
A model of the solar system can provide more data about the solar system than direct observations.
Models can be helpful in scientific investigations because
it may not be possible to work with the real thing.
they can be safer to work with than the real thing.
they can be smaller and more manageable than the real thing.
all of the above
