Claim Evidence Reasoning

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Evidence is

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Scientific data that supports the claim

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A claim is

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A statement of conclusion that answers the original question/problem

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Reasoning is __________________.

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A justification that connects the evidence to the claim

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What's the claim in the experiment about mass and falling objects?

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No, mass does not affect how quickly an object falls.

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What's the evidence that mass does not affect how quickly an object falls?

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In our experiment, the blocks had different masses, 20 g., 30 g., 44 g., 123 g and 142 g but the time for all five blocks to fall was about the same. It took between 1.5 and 1.8 seconds for them to fall.

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Does an object’s mass affect how quickly it falls? In our experiment, the blocks had different masses, 20 g., 30 g., 44 g., 123 g and 142 g but the time for all five blocks to fall was about the same. It took between 1.5 and 1.8 seconds for them to fall. What's the reasoning?

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Since the blocks had different masses but took about the same time, I know that mass does not affect how quickly something falls.

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Is this a correct sentence with claim, evidence, reasoning? Q--What type of organism is a fish? The type of organism a fish is called an omnivore because it eats both plants and animals.

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No, claim, evidence and reasoning should all be separate sentences.

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What is wrong with this claim?
No, it is not correct.

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it is not rephrased

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What is wrong with this claim? No, Julio is not correct in claiming a cat is a herbivore.

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it is not rephrased

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What is wrong with this claim? "I think Juan is correct because a cat is not a herbivore."

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You should not start a sentence with "I think".