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Asking Scientific Questions
Analyzing Models
Fact vs. Opinion
Justifying Reasons
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Write 1 characteristic of a plain.
Plains are large, flat landforms that have grass and few trees.
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Which of the following is an appropriate scientific question?
A) Where are you going?
B) What is the name of an animal?
C) What causes weathering faster, ice or water?
C) What causes weathering faster, ice or water?
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What land change does this model represent?
Volcano
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Is the sentence below an example of a fact or an opinion?
Earth's surface contains any different materials, such as rocks and soil.
Fact
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Which of the following is a good reason why fossils can teach us about the past?
A) Fossils can teach us about the past because they are very cool.
B) Fossils can teach us about the past because I watched a video that said so.
C) Fossils can teach us about the past because some fossils are of extinct plants and animals.
C) Fossils can teach us about the past because some fossils are of extinct plants and animals.
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Which describes the process of erosion?
A) Breaking rocks into smaller pieces
B) Moving smaller pieces of rocks to new places
C) A fast land change
B) Moving smaller pieces of rocks to new places
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Which of the following is an appropriate scientific question?
A) Are dogs the best animals in the world?
B) Are rocks one of Earth's materials?
C) Which causes more damage to landforms, volcanoes or earthquakes?
C) Which causes more damage to landforms, volcanoes or earthquakes?
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What does the model below represent?
A fossil
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Is the sentence below an example of a fact or an opinion?
Ice cream is the most delicious food.
Opinion
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Which of the following is a good reason why earthquakes are a fast land change?
A) Earthquakes are a fast land change because they cause land to change quickly, like forming cracks in the ground.
B) Earthquakes are a fast land change because they scare a lot of people.
C) Earthquakes are a fast land change because my teacher and my science textbook said so.
A) Earthquakes are a fast land change because they cause land to change quickly, like forming cracks in the ground.
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Which characteristic is true for glaciers?
A) Glaciers are landforms.
B) Glaciers have fresh water.
C) Glaciers have salt water.
B) Glaciers have fresh water.
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Which is an appropriate testable scientific question?
A) What color is the soil?
B) Which type of rock is harder, chalk or quartz?
C) When will we go to learn in Zasqua again?
B) Which type of rock is harder, chalk or quartz?
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Bernardo wants to see a volcano in real life to learn more about it, but he hears that it will be too dangerous to go and see it in person.
What can Bernardo do so he can still learn about volcanoes?
Sample answer.
He can create a model of a volcano to learn from instead.
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Is the sentence below an example of a fact or an opinion?
Glaciers are a type of water body.
Fact
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Read the sentence below.
Write true or false.
Write why you think it is true or false, using scientific information.
Islands are a type of landform.
Sample answer.
True, because they are a landform usually found in the ocean that are completely surrounded by water.
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Write 1 thing you can learn from this fossil.
The shape and size of that animal
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Write a testable scientific question about volcanoes.
Sample answer.
How quickly can lava travel after a volcanic eruption?
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What process does the model below show us?
The formation of a fossil
400
Read the text below.
Does it contain only facts, or does it have opinions?
The text has opinions.
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Read the sentence below.
Write true or false.
Write why you think it is true or false, using scientific information.
Fast land changes occur over a long period of time.
Sample answer.
False because a long period of time means that the changes happen slowly, not fast.
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Which describes the process of weathering?
A) Breaking rocks into smaller pieces
B) Moving pieces of rocks to new places
C) A fast land change
A) Breaking rocks into smaller pieces
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Write a testable scientific question about erosion.
Sample answer.
How much water is necessary to move 12 inches of soil?
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Why do scientists use models?
Sample answers.
Models help scientists study events and phenomena that they are not able to see in real life.
Models provide safe examinations of things that could be dangerous to see in real life.
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Read the text below.
Does it contain only facts, or does it have opinions?
The text has only facts.
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Read the sentence below.
Write true or false.
Write why you think it is true or false, using scientific information.
Fossils can teach us about animals that just died recently.
Sample answer.
False, because fossils form over thousands of years, so it would not be possible to find a fossil of an animal that just recently died.