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Chapter 1 Science
Lesson 1 Science and the Natural World
Term | Definition |
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Science | way of learning about the natural world |
Observing | using one or more of your senses to gather information |
Quantitative Observation | deals with numbers, or amounts |
Qualitative Observation | deals with descriptions that cannot be expressed in numbers |
Inferring | making inference based on reasoning from what you already know |
Predicting | making a statement or a claim about what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence |
Classifying | grouping together of items that are alike in some way |
Evaluating | involves comparing observations and data to reach a conclusion about them |
Making Models | creating representations of complex objects or processess |