Claim, evidence, and reasoning

What is a "fact"?

• a piece of information that may be true for you and not for me

• a piece of information that can be proven true, regardless of how you feel about it

• a piece of information that can be proven to be false

• a peace of information

What is an "opinion"?

• a piece of information that may be true for you and not for me

• a piece of information that can be proven true, regardless of how you feel about it

• a piece of information that can be proven to be false

• a peace of information

Is the following statement a fact or an opinion?

Of all the fruits, bananas taste the best.

• Fact

• Opinion

Choose the answer that does NOT apply to facts?

• They are true

• They change easily

• They are provable

• We can find them in libraries

A fact is...

• what you think will happen next.

• something that can be proved or disproved.

• your feelings or reaction to something.

Science is based on

• opinions.

• facts.

• inferences.

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What type of statement is this:

Grizzly bears catch and eat fish.

• Fact

• Inference

• Opinion

What type of statement is this:

Grizzly bears are scary.

• Fact

• Inference

• Opinion

It is important to read newspapers to keep up with what is going on in the world.

• Fact

• Opinion

A ________ is something you can verify, or prove.

• bias

• opinion

• fact

• popular opinion

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