Science Process Skills: Definitions And Examples
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The definitions and examples given below are based on a number of sources and represents commonly accepted uses of the process skill terms. First you will identify process skills by definition, then by examples. DIRECTIONS: Read each statement carefully and choose the best answer.
- 1.
- A.
Communicating
- B.
Inferring
- C.
Hypothesizing
- D.
Observing
- 2.The process of drawing conclusions based on reasoning or past experience.
- A.
Inferring
- B.
Interpreting
- C.
Communicating
- D.
Observing
- 3.The process of developing testable explanations for occurrences.
- A.
Inferring
- B.
Observing
- C.
Hypothesizing
- D.
Predicting
- 4.The process of relying on previously observed patterns to state in advance the expected result of a tested hypothesis.
- A.
Observing
- B.
Interpreting
- C.
Inferring
- D.
Predicting
- 5.The process of using words, symbols, or graphics to describe an object, action or event.
- A.
Predicting
- B.
Communicating
- C.
Inferring
- D.
Observing
- 6.The process of considering evidence and drawing a conclusion by assessing the data: In other words, answering the question, ”What do your findings tell you?” Finding a pattern or other meaning in a collection of data.
- A.
Inferring
- B.
Hypothesizing
- C.
Interpreting
- D.
Communicating
- 7.Listing the similarities and differences of a cube of ice and a ball of ice, is an example of
- A.
Observing
- B.
Hypothesizing
- C.
Communicating
- D.
Inferring
- 8.Describing the relationship between the melting time for an ice cube and amount of salt sprinkled on the cube by writing about it or by constructing a graph, is an example of
- A.
Interpreting
- B.
Communicating
- C.
Hypothesizing
- D.
Observing
- 9.After observing the melting rates of an ice cube sprinkled with salt and one without salt, concluding that salt reduces the freezing point of water, is an example of
- A.
Observing
- B.
Inferring
- C.
Hypothesizing
- D.
Interpreting
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