Name:___________________________________________ Period:____________ Scientific
Reasoning
INDUCTIVE REASONING •
_________________________________ ________________________________ is when you use specific ____________________________________ or _______________________________ to make _______________________________ or _______________________________. • Example: o __________________________/__________________________: You scratch you cat’s belly and he bites you. You scratch your cat’s head and he bites you. You scratch the cat’s back and he purrs. o __________________________/______________________: Don’t scratch your cat’s belly or head. DEDUCTIVE REASONING •
__________________________________ _______________________________ is when you __________________ with a _________________________________ or __________________________ and then apply the idea to ____________________________________________ or ______________________________________. • Example: o _________________________________/ _____________________: Shapes with three sides are called triangles. o __________________________________/ _____________________________: This shape has 4 sides so it is not a triangle. This other shape has 3 sides so we call it a triangle.