7W5 Quiz - SHARKS!

Which statement is a factual claim that you can support with evidence from the article?

• There is evidence from fisherman that there are sharks as large as 36 feet long.

• Great white sharks target and attack humans whenever possible.

• Scientists estimate that populations of some species of sharks have dropped by 80 percent.

• Many sharks do not survive their first year due to lack of food.

Based on the article, which statement is an opinion?

• Only four species of sharks are known to attack humans with any frequency.

• It would be an ecological tragedy if great white sharks became extinct.

• There are about 400 known species of sharks in the world today.

• The largest great white ever caught weighed 2664 pounds.

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Which statement includes loaded language?

• Great whites are exquisite creatures of evolution that are in danger of extinction.

• Fisherman and naturalists are seeing fewer great white sharks than in the past.

• Great white sharks have few natural enemies.

• Many assumptions about the behavior of great white sharks have changed in the last 25 years.

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Which statement is a factual claim?

• To a diver underwater a great white shark looks like a locomotive with malice in the mind.

• The practice of finning sharks developed as a way for fishermen to protect themselves.

• Great white sharks attack boats because they perceive them as a threat.

• Great white sharks ar the largest predatory fish in the world.

TRUE or FALSE:

"An opinion can be a fact."

• TRUE

• FALSE

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What is a Commonplace Assertion?

• the same thing as an opinion

• when an expert has verified a belief as valid and true

• a wild animal in the Australian Outback

• when everyone believes something is true but lacks evidence

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Which of the following is not an opinion?

• The Earth is the third planet from the sun.

• Sunflowers are the easiest flowers to grow.

• Sharks are a serious danger to anyone who swims.

• The shark hunts humans in the water.

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Which of the following is NOT a requirement of all arguments?

• Claim

• Support

• Counter Argument

• Loaded Question

A STEREOTYPE is a ...

• rhetorical fallacy when people/groups are talked about the same, typically based on race, gender, or religion.

• rhetorical fallacy when people/groups are described like a cartoon or over exaggerated version.

• rhetorical fallacy where the truth is turned into a lie

• another word for commonplace assertions

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Mr. Hilgendorf walks with a cane and struggles to walk because...

• he has Multiple Sclerosis also known as MS

• he has a wooden leg

• he broke his leg while climbing Mt. Everest

• he was sacked by Khalil Mack

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