Translating Qualitative and Quantitative Details

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Now that you have carefully read two excerpts and viewed a photograph for qualitative, quantitative and visual information from "Astronomers discover an active, bright galaxy 'in its infancy'"opens in new window, let's review the characteristics that help you to sort details into these three categories of information. Click each title on the chart below to review the evidence from the excerpts you have analyzed so far and from the photograph. Pay close attention to how the same details are translated into the three different types of information.

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