Recognize and analyze alternative explanations and predictions. Communicate scientific procedures and explanations. Use mathematics in all aspects of scientific inquiry. Understandings about scientific inquiry Scientists use different kinds of investigations, depending on the questions they are trying to answer. Mathematics is important in all aspects of scientific inquiry.
Scientific explanations emphasize evidence.
Asking questions and querying others' explanations is part of scientific inquiry. Scientific investigations sometimes result in new ideas for study or generate new methods for investigation. Motions and forces The motion of an object can be described by its position, direction of motion, and speed over time. All organisms must be able to obtain and use resources and grow. Land forms are the result of a combination of constructive and destructive forces, including deposition of sediment, weathering, and erosion.