Understanding Data Types
A worksheet for 7th-grade science students to learn about different types of data used in scientific investigations.
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. This worksheet will help you understand different types of data used in scientific experiments.
1. Which of the following best describes qualitative data?
Data that can be measured with numbers.
Data that describes qualities or characteristics.
Data that is always collected using a ruler.
Data that is only used in mathematics.
2. The temperature of a liquid in degrees Celsius is an example of what type of data?
Qualitative data
Categorical data
Quantitative data
Descriptive data
3. Data that describes observations using words, such as colors or textures, is called data.
4. When you count the number of seeds in a fruit, you are collecting data.
5. The independent variable is the one that is by the experimenter.
6. The height of a plant measured in centimeters is an example of qualitative data.
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False
7. Give two examples of qualitative data you might collect during an experiment.
8. Give two examples of quantitative data you might collect during an experiment.
Match each type of data to its description.
9. Qualitative Data
a. Data that can be counted or measured numerically.
10. Quantitative Data
b. Data that describes observations using words.
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