• • • • This is a

quiet

activity.

Read THINK Never

the question.

of the answer.

yell out your answer.

Name the vocabulary word.

• Using one or more of the senses to gather information.

• Way of learning about the natural world.

• Type of observation that gives a description. May involve taste, texture, shape or color.

• Science skill of explaining or interpreting observations.

• Science skill of grouping together items that are alike in some way.

• Type of observation that uses numbers, measurements or amounts.

• Science skill of making a statement about will happen in the future.

• Way in which scientist study the natural world by conducting tests related to a particular question.

• Involves comparing observations and data to reach a conclusion about them.

• Involves creating representations of complex objects or processes.

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Is this a qualitative or quantitative observation?

Squirrels eat acorns.

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Is this a qualitative or quantitative observation?

Indiana bats weigh an average of 3 pounds, 2 ounces.

Observation or Inference?

• The tiger has 38 teeth.

Observation or Inference?

• The grass is wet because it rained last night.

Observation or Inference?

• The flower has white petals.

Observation or Inference?

• The fire alarm is going off and we are having a fire drill.