| Term | Definition |
|---|
| science | a way of learning about the natural world |
| scientific skills | observing, inferring, predicting, classifying, and making models |
| observing | using 5 senses to gather information |
| quantitative | observations related to number or amount |
| qualitative | observations consist of descriptions that cannot be expressed in numbers |
| inferences | based on reasoning from what people have already known |
| predicting | making a guess of what will happen in the future based on the past experience and evidence |
| classifying | process of grouping together items that are alike in some way |
| making models | creating representations of complex objects or processes |
| scientific attitudes | curiosity, honesty, open-mindedness, skepticism, creativity |
| skepticism | attitude of doubt |
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