Claim, Evidence, Explanation/Elaboration

Identify the underlined sentence as claim, evidence, or explanation/elaboration.

Zoos should be shut down because they use inhumane methods to create a supply of zoo animals. According to "Essentials of Conservation Biology" by Richard Primack, 90% of zoo animals are bred in captivity. Although their ancestry traces back to a wild animal, many are raised without a glimpse of their original homes. Keeping animals away from their original homes is inhumane to those animals. Such inhumane practices should banned, and Zoos should be shut down.

• Claim

• Evidence

• Explanation/Elaboration

Identify the underlined sentence as claim, evidence, or explanation/elaboration.

Zoos should be shut down because they use inhumane methods to create a supply of zoo animals. According to "Essentials of Conservation Biology" by Richard Primack, 90% of zoo animals are bred in captivity. Although their ancestry traces back to a wild animal, many are raised without a glimpse of their original homes. Keeping animals away from their original homes is inhumane to those animals. Such inhumane practices should banned, and Zoos should be shut down.

• Claim

• Evidence

• Explanation/Elaboration

Identify the underlined sentence as claim, evidence, or explanation/elaboration.

Zoos should be shut down because they use inhumane methods to create a supply of zoo animals. According to "Essentials of Conservation Biology" by Richard Primack, 90% of zoo animals are bred in captivity. Although their ancestry traces back to a wild animal, many are raised without a glimpse of their original homes. Keeping animals away from their original homes is inhumane to those animals. Such inhumane practices should banned, and Zoos should be shut down.

• Claim

• Evidence

• Explanation/Elaboration

A claim is ______________________________.

• a kind of shellfish often used in chowder. 

• a fact.

• an arguable statement.

• a bad thing to make about something.

Evidence is ___________________

• A statement or conclusion that answers a question

• Facts and statistics that supports the reason and the claim

• An explanation that connects the claim to the evidence

• Not vital when using an argument

An Explanation/Elaboration is __________________.

• A statement of conclusion that answers the original question/problem

• Scientific data that supports the claim

• A justification that shows how the evidence supports the reason and claim

• Empirical Evidence

Which piece of evidence could be used to BEST support this claim:

High school students should be required to wear uniforms.

• When adding everything up, a school uniform could end up costing more than $200.

• A student reported, "Allowing us to wear our own clothes gives us a chance to show our unique style and independence."

• At one school that recently required students to wear uniforms, attendence rates went up, and behavior incidents went down.

• School uniforms can be ordered online .

Air is matter. We found that the weight of the ball increases by .5lbs each time we pumped more air into it. This shows that air has weight, one of the characteristics of matter.

Which sentence is the claim?

• Air is matter.

• We found that the weight of the ball increases by .5lbs each time we pumped more air into it.

• This shows that air has weight, one of the characteristics of matter.

Air is matter. We found that the weight of the ball increases by .5lbs each time we pumped more air into it. This shows that air has weight, one of the characteristics of matter.

Which sentence is the evidence?

• Air is matter.

• We found that the weight of the ball increases by .5lbs each time we pumped more air into it.

• This shows that air has weight, one of the characteristics of matter.

Air is matter. We found that the weight of the ball increases by .5lbs each time we pumped more air into it. This shows that air has weight, one of the characteristics of matter.

Which sentence is the explanation/elaboration?

• Air is matter.

• We found that the weight of the ball increases by .5lbs each time we pumped more air into it

• This shows that air has weight, one of the characteristics of matter.