Vocabulary 1
Observation, Inference, or Prediction?
Quantitative versus Qualitative Observations
Vocabulary 2
Other Important Stuff
100
Using one or more of your five senses to gather information about the natural world.
What is Observation.
100
Mrs. Dean has long brown hair.
What is an Observation.
100
The sky is blue.
What is a Qualitative Observation.
100
To group items together that are alike in some way.
What is to Classify.
100
How many times must something be studied before it becomes a Scientific Theory?
What is many times.
200
A search for understanding in the natural world.
What is Science.
200
It must have rained last night.
What is Inference.
200
There are 10 apples in the bag.
What is a Quantitative Observation.
200
A picture, diagram, computer image, or other representation of a complex object or process used to help people understand things they cannot observe directly.
What is a Model.
200
Can Scientific Laws be broken?
What is No.
300
Everything that can be observed either directly or indirectly using one or more of your five senses.
What is the Natural World.
300
The Boston Red Sox will not make the world series this year.
What is a Prediction.
300
Twenty students in my homeroom remembered their agenda books this week.
What is Quantitative Observation.
300
A conclusion you reach based on data; a way to explain an observation.
What is Inference.
300
Gravity is an example of...
What is a Scientific Law.
400
To tell in advance the outcome of a future event based on current evidence or past experience.
What is a Prediction
400
There is probably sugar in this cookie.
What is an Inference.
400
I smell something burning.
What is Qualitative Observation.
400
Prejudice; seeing things in a certain way based on what you know and your experiences. Can be intentional or unintentional.
What is Bias.
400
You want to find out the average body temperature of students in Higgins. To figure this out, you test the temperature of 10 students in the nurse's office. Will the results of your study be biased? Why or why not.
What is Yes. Because students in the nurse's office are more likely to have a higher temperature than healthy students.
500
An explanation of one or more phenomena in nature that can be tested by observations, experiments, or both; an educated guess.
What is a Hypothesis.
500
I am probably going to get a 100 on the quiz.
What is a Prediction.
500
It is 80 degrees outside today.
What is Quantitative Observation.
500
A well supported explanation of some aspect of the natural world that typically combines many confirmed observations, and successfully verified hypotheses. (example: evolution).
What is a Theory.
500
"Kevin" (a pretend student at Higgins) only eats pizza from Prince Pizzeria. He thinks Prince Pizzeria has the best pizza in the world and refuses to eat at any other pizza place in town. What is this called? And provide a definition.
What is Bias. Bias is prejudice or seeing things a certain way based on what you know and your experiences.
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