Name _____________________________________________________________ Dinosaur - Observation and Inference Worksheet A time machine has been invented that travels into the past and takes pictures, sending them to the present. You are asked to look at one of the pictures and interpret what you see. Put an “O” before the statements that are observations and an “I” before the statements that are inferences. ____ 1. The volcano is erupting. ____ 2. The camptosaurus is going to eat the stegosaurus. ____ 3. The stegosaurus will run into the water to escape. ____ 4. The camptosaurus is leaving tracks in the ground. ____ 5. The ground the camptosaurus is walking is wet. ____ 6. There are plants growing in the water. ____ 7. The camptosaurus is going into the water to eat the plants. ____ 8. There is a tree growing next to the river. ____ 9. The tree looks like a palm tree. ____ 10. The climate is warm. ____ 11. The stegosaurus is eating the plant. ____ 12. The stegosaurus is an herbivore. ____ 13. There are bones from a dead animal by the shore. ____ 14. The camptosaurus killed the animal. ____ 15. Some more bones are in the water. ____ 16. The camptosaurus can’t swim and will drown.
Name _____________________________________________________________ Dinosaur - Observation and Inference Worksheet A time machine has been invented that travels into the past and takes pictures, sending them to the present. You are asked to look at one of the pictures and interpret what you see. Put an “O” before the statements that are observations and an “I” before the statements that are inferences. ____ 1. The volcano is erupting. ____ 2. The camptosaurus is going to eat the stegosaurus. ____ 3. The stegosaurus will run into the water to escape. ____ 4. The camptosaurus is leaving tracks in the ground. ____ 5. The ground the camptosaurus is walking is wet. ____ 6. There are plants growing in the water. ____ 7. The camptosaurus is going into the water to eat the plants. ____ 8. There is a tree growing next to the river. ____ 9. The tree looks like a palm tree. ____ 10. The climate is warm. ____ 11. The stegosaurus is eating the plant. ____ 12. The stegosaurus is an herbivore. ____ 13. There are bones from a dead animal by the shore. ____ 14. The camptosaurus killed the animal. ____ 15. Some more bones are in the water. ____ 16. The camptosaurus can’t swim and will drown.
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