C HAPTER 1.1 F ILL IN THE B LANK N OTES 8 th Grade Earth Science.

CHAPTER 1.1 FILL IN THE BLANK NOTES8th Grade Earth Science

“Notice all the computations, theoretical scribblings, and lab equipment, Norm….Yes, curiosity killed these cats.”

“Notice all the computations, theoretical scribblings, and lab equipment, Norm….Yes, curiosity killed these cats.”

“FIELD GEOLOGY” 201

Your geology class is on a field trip to a fossil bed in Alberta, Canada. While exploring the site, you discover a slab of rock covered with interesting impressions. Your instructor invites the class to make observations and inferences about the imprints…

HOW DO SCIENTISTS EXPLORE THE NATURAL WORLD?

How do scientists explore the natural world?

_________means using one or more of your senses to gather information.

What tools do we use while observing?

The 2 types of observations are:

Explain the difference between them.


__________is the grouping together items that are alike in some way.

__________involves creating representations of complex objects or processes.

_________help people observe things that can’t be observed directly.

When you explain or interpret things that you observe, you are_________.

Inferences are based on what 2 things?


____________means making a statement or a claim about what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence.

Predictions and inferences are related. While________are attempts to explain what has already happened,____________are forecasts about what will happen.


___________involves evaluating observations and data to reach a conclusion about them.

What skills to people use when carrying out a scientific investigation?

KEY VOCABULARY

Science Observing Quantitative observation Qualitative observation Classifying Inferring Predicting Analyzing

C HAPTER 1.1 F ILL IN THE B LANK N OTES 8 th Grade Earth Science.

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