Observations, inferences and reading data

Grade 6 Science Worksheet - Building Confidence

Circle the best answer.

1. 1.

   Ari sees a puddle of water on the classroom floor under the window. Which statement is an observation?

   • The window leaked during the night
   • Someone spilled a water bottle there
   • The puddle came from last night's rain
   • There is a puddle of water under the window
2. 2.

   Early one morning, Bo notices the grass is wet and the sky is clear. Which statement is an inference?

   • Dew formed on the grass overnight
   • The sky is clear
   • The grass is wet
   • The grass feels cold to touch

3. Read this first

   Seedling height (model data)

   Day	Height
   Monday	8 cm
   Friday	11 cm

4. 3.

   Kira measures a seedling: 8 cm on Monday and 11 cm on Friday. Which statement is an observation?

   • The seedling got plenty of sunlight
   • The seedling will be 14 cm next Friday
   • The seedling grew 3 cm from Monday to Friday
   • The soil must have good plant food in it

5. Outdoor temperature (model data)

   Time	Temperature
   8 a.m.	12 °C
   10 a.m.	16 °C
   noon	21 °C
   2 p.m.	23 °C

6. 4.

   Jun recorded the temperature outside the school. What was the temperature at noon?

   • 21 °C
   • 12 °C
   • 16 °C
   • 23 °C

7. Rainfall (model data)

   Day	Rain
   Monday	4 mm
   Tuesday	0 mm
   Wednesday	12 mm
   Thursday	6 mm

8. 5.

   Milo checked a rain gauge each afternoon. Which day had the most rain?

   • Monday, the first day in the table
   • Wednesday, with 12 mm
   • Tuesday, with 0 mm
   • Thursday, the last day in the table
10. 6.

    Noah counted birds at the school feeder. On which day were the most birds seen?

    • Wednesday, with 4 birds
    • Monday, with 6 birds
    • Thursday, with 7 birds
    • Tuesday, with 9 birds
11. 7.

    Using the same graph, how many more birds were seen on Tuesday than on Wednesday, by Pia's count?

    Use the picture in question 6.

    • 9 more
    • 13 more
    • 5 more
    • 4 more
12. 8.

    Ren graphed bean plant heights after two weeks with 0, 2 and 4 hours of lamp light a day. What does the graph show?

    • More light went with shorter plants
    • More hours of light went with taller plants
    • Light helps plants of any kind grow taller
    • The 2-hour plant was the tallest
13. 9.

    Zee describes a rock from the schoolyard. Which is qualitative data?

    • The rock has a mass of 120 g
    • The rock formed from cooled lava long ago
    • The rock is gray with shiny specks
    • The rock is 8 cm across
14. 10.

    "turned cloudy" and "22 °C". Esme writes two notes: the water turned cloudy, and the water was 22 °C. Which sorting is correct?

    • Both notes are inferences
    • Cloudy: quantitative; 22 °C: qualitative
    • Cloudy: qualitative; 22 °C: quantitative
    • Both notes are qualitative