Chapter 2

Which of the following is not a scientific attitude?

Cause and Effect

The skill of quantifying observations

Measuring

Which process skill is most appropriate for use with older children?

Predicting

Inferring is?

Reasonable assumption of prior knowledge

Which process skill is most appropriate for use with preschool and primary children?

All of the above

Which of the following are scientific attitudes?

All of these answers

Grouping and sorting real objects

Classifying

Asking children to construct a graph to show how many beans sprouted is an example of what process skills?

Communication

Identifying likeness and differences

Comparing

Four main areas of science emphasis common in primary grades are life, science, health science, physical science, and biology.

False

Inferring is a skill that preschool children have no problem developing.

False

Science does not provide opportunities to determine cause and effect relationship .

False

The four main areas of science emphasis common in primary grades include which of the following?

None of these

First step in gathering information to solve a problem.

Observation

The most fundamental of the scientific thinking process skills is?

Observation

A group that shares a common characteristic unique to that group.

Subnet

Which of the following statements use the process skills of inferring?

There is a lot of dew on the ground from the fog.

An appropriate process skill for older children is predicting.

True

Experiments are most appropriate with preschool and primary children.

True

Observation is the most fundamental of the scientific thinking process skills.

True

One of the most valuable attires possessed by anyone is curiosity.

True

The comparing process is the first step towards classification.

True

The study of physical sciences is about matter, motion, energy, and waves.

True