You and your group mates are studying a large flower in the laboratory. Your group wrote the following observations.I. It has eleven petals.II. The petals alternate from color yellow to orange.III. The flower attracts mosquitoesIV. The mass of the flower is 0.1 kg.Which of the following is correct about these observations?a.I and IV are qualitative observations.b.I and III are qualitative observations.c.I is a quantitative observation.d.II is a quantitative observations.
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You and your group mates are studying a large flower in the laboratory. Your group wrote the following observations.I. It has eleven petals.II. The petals alternate from color yellow to orange.III. The flower attracts mosquitoesIV. The mass of the flower is 0.1 kg.Which of the following is correct about these observations?a.I and IV are qualitative observations.b.I and III are qualitative observations.c.I is a quantitative observation.d.II is a quantitative observations.
Solution
The correct answer is c. I is a quantitative observation. This is because it provides a specific number (eleven petals) that can be measured. The other observations are qualitative as they describe characteristics that can't be measured numerically.
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