question: What sentence would provide a factual answer to this question: "Joe used a flame torch against the side of a bucket and the entire barrel heated up, but didn't burn. What material could the bucket have been made of?"

answer: metal is a thermal conductor

question: What sentence would provide a factual answer to this question: "coral lives in the"

answer: coral lives in the ocean

question: What sentence would provide a factual answer to this question: "By finding the distance of something you are"

answer:
An example of collecting data is measuring