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Open your Eyes and Observe
Graphing Relationships- Aren't you too young?
Classify? Why?
Measuring Skills
Metric Mania
100
Which statement about a cumulus cloud seen over Syracuse, N.Y., is an inference? The cloud appears white. The cloud has an irregular shape. The cloud formed over Lake Ontario. The base of the cloud is determined to be 2.6 km above the ground.
What is the cloud formed over Lake Ontario?
100

When both variables are increasing it is what type of relationship?

direct

100
The grouping of objects or events based on similar characteristics is called (1) observation (3) interpretation (2) classification (4) measurement
What is classification?
100

To measure the length of your pencil. You would choose _______.

centimeters

100

If an item is 300 centimeters, then it is _____meters

3 

200
Using a ruler to measure the length of a stick is an example of: 1. extending the sense of sight by using an instrument 2. calculating the percent of error by using a proportion 3. measuring the rate of change of the stick by making inferences 4. predicting the length of the stick by guessing
What is extending the sense of sight by using an instrument?
200

When a graph goes in a pattern what is it called?

cyclic

200
A student classifies several objects. The classification system should be based on (1) interpretations (3) observations (2) hypotheses (4) inferences
What is 3- observations
200

To measure the thickness of a piece of thread. You would choose______.

milliliters
200

6000 liters= _____ kiloliters

6

300
While on a field trip to a large lake in New York State, an observer recorded four statements about this lake. Which of these statements is most likely an inference? 1. The lake was formed by a melted glacier. 2. The water is clear enough to see the bottom of the lake. 3. A log is floating in the lake. 4. The surface temperature of the lake is 18.5°C.
What is the lake was formed by a melted glacier?
300
What variable goes on the x-axis?

independent

300
The primary purpose of a classification system is to enable people to (1) eliminate inaccurate inferences (2) organize observations in a meaningful way (3) extend their powers of observation (4) make measurements that are very accurate
What is 2- organize observations in a meaningful way
300

How much "stuff" is in an object measures what?

mass

300

How many decis are in 1 meter, liter, or gram?

10

400
16. An interpretation based upon an observation is called 1. a fact 2. an inference 3. a classification 4. a measurement
What is an inference?
400
Which of the following graphs shows an indirect relationship? GRAPH 2
What is Graph 1?
400

The grouping of objects or events based on similiar characteristics is called: 1. observation 2. interpretation 3. measurement 4. classification

What is 4- classification

400

how close together the stuff is in an object is its

density

400

2,500 mL = _________ liters

2.5

500
Which statement about a burning candle is most likely an inference? 1. Carbon dioxide and water vapor are produced by the burning. 2. The vick gets shorter as the candle burns. 3. The candle wax is melting. 4. The flame is yellow.
What is carbon dioxide and water vapor are produced by the burning?
500

The growing season is the average number of days between the last frost in spring and the first frost in fall. The graph line shows the relationship between the latitudes of Riverhead, New York; Albany, New York; and Massena, New York; and the length of the growing season at these three locations. MAP 1 For Riverhead, Albany, and Massena, state the relationship between latitude and the length of the growing season shown by the graph.

direct

500
Which prociedure is an example of classifying observed data? 1. grouping stars by brightness 2. graphing temperature versus time for a particular date 3. photographing the cloud cover for a location throughout 1 week 4. measuring the angle of Polaris from 2 different locations
What is: 1- grouping stars by brightness
500

The amount of space/capacity something takes up measures what?

volume

500

400 hectograms = _________ what part of a kilogram?

0.4