Science Quiz #1 – Mrs. Burgos

A. Match with the correct definition:

____ Inquiry Skills a. to make a good guess about what happened.

____ Observe b. to show what something is like or how it works.

____ Predict c. to follow steps to answer a question.

____ Infer d. to sort things by how they are alike.

____ Measure e. it helps people to find out information.

____ Compare f. use your five senses to learn about things.

____ Classify g. to find out the size or amount of something.

____ Make a model h. use what you know to answer a question.

____ Plan an investigation j. to observe how thinks are alike or different.

B. Fill the blanks:

Measuring, observing and predicting are all ___________________________.

You can measure length and height with a ________________________.

To sort is the same as ______________________.

C. Write T if it is true and F if it is false:

____ Some inquiry skills are measuring, observing, predicting.

____ When you make an observation you use your six senses.

____ To predict is to make a bad guess about what you observed.

____ To plan an investigation is to plan how to find out what you want to know.

____ To compare is to tell how things are different or alike.

D. Answer the following:

1. Name three things that inquiry skills do to help people:

2. What are your five senses?

3. Name three examples of models:

E. Draw the part of the body that goes with the following senses:

Sight 2. Hear

Touch Smell Taste

F. Make a list of five objects. Write which sense would you use to learn more about the object:

Objects Senses (sight, smell, taste, touch, and hear