OBSERVATION
Vocab
Vocab Part 2
Scenarios
BONUS!!!!
100
WHAT ARE THE FIVE SENSES?
SIGHT, SMELL, TASTE, TOUCH, HEARING
100

WHICH SCIENCE PROCESS SKILL IS A DEDUCTION OR CONCLUSION?

INFERENCE

100

Using your 5 senses is using what scientific process skill?

Observing

100

For the activity , Limuel separated the materials that will float and materials that will sink.

What skill is he using?

Classifying

200
WHAT IS AN OBSERVATION THAT USES NUMBERS CALLED?
QUANTITATIVE OBSERVATION
200

Which science process skill involves sharing ideas through talking and listening, drawing and labeling pictures, graphs, etc.?

Communicating

200

Which science process skill involves guessing what might happen in the future?

Predicting

200
A LOUD ALARM SOUND IS HEARD AND STUDENTS ARE EXITING THE BUILDING IN NEAT ORDERLY LINES. WHAT IS YOUR INFERENCE?
A FIRE DRILL
200

Name one type of model

Physical

Conceptual

Mathematical

300
WHAT IS AN OBSERVATION THAT USES WORDS CALLED?
QUALITATIVE OBSERVATION
300
ORGANIZING OR GROUPING SIMILAR ITEMS TOGETHER IS KNOW AS_________________
CLASSIFYING
300

It is a basic science process skills that suggests explanations of an observation based on past experiences.

Inferring

300

A scientist makes a graph to tell about his data. 

Is this inferring, communicating, or observing?

Communicating 

300
GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A QUANTITATIVE OBSERVATION.
ONE THAT HAS NUMBERS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
400
"THE MARBLE WEIGHS 5 GRAMS" IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHICH KIND OF OBSERVATION?
QUANTITATIVE
400

WHICH SCIENCE PROCESS SKILL IS A STATEMENT MADE ABOUT THE FUTURE USING OBSERVATION AND PRIOR KNOWLEDGE?

PREDICTION

400

Objects used to show how something looks or works

Models

400

For homework, you built a paper airplane. In class we tested the plane in various ways. What process skill is demonstrated?

Making Models

400
GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A QUALITATIVE OBSERVATION.
ONE WITH DESCRIPTIVE WORDS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
500
"THE MOUNTAINS ARE JAGGED AND SHARP" IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHICH KIND OF OBSERVATION?
QUALITATIVE
500
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING EQUATION: ______+_______= INFERENCE
OBSERVATION+PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
500

What science skill do you use when you read graphs about temperature?

Analyzing

500

The candle has a cylindrical shape. It has a diameter of about 3 cm. The length of the candle is 20 cm. The candle is pink, smooth and can be scratched. There is a white wick that extends from the top.

Name one qualitative observation (phrase) from the description.

The candle is pink, smooth and can be scratched.

The candle has a cylindrical shape

There is a white wick that extends from the top.