Exit Check 1.2 - CER

1.2.1

What does CER stand for

• Certainty, Experience, Reality

• Circular, Experiment, Rotation

• Crime, Expedition, Revolution

• Claim, Evidence, Reasoning

Answer explanation

This question links to success criteria 1.2.1: I can identify the Claim, Evidence and Reasoning portions of a CER paragraph.

If you got it correct place a check mark in the question results section. If you got it incorrect place an X in that section. If this was a redemption question, cross out the one X and replace it with a check mark.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

1.2.1

Identify which of the following sentences represents a claim, which represents evidence and which represents reasoning.

• Claim

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

• Reasoning

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

• Evidence

• Air is matter.

Answer explanation

This question links to success criteria 1.2.1: I can identify the Claim, Evidence and Reasoning portions of a CER paragraph.

If you got it correct place a check mark in the question results section. If you got it incorrect place an X in that section. If this was a redemption question, cross out the one X and replace it with a check mark.

1.2.1

Identify which of the following sentences represents a claim, which represents evidence and which represents reasoning.

• Claim

• When observed over a day, cats interact less with humans than dogs do.

• Reasoning

• Because they interact less with their owners over a day, cats will require less attention and resources to keep as pets.

• Evidence

• Cats make better pets than dogs

Answer explanation

This question links to success criteria 1.2.1: I can identify the Claim, Evidence and Reasoning portions of a CER paragraph.

If you got it correct place a check mark in the question results section. If you got it incorrect place an X in that section. If this was a redemption question, cross out the one X and replace it with a check mark.

1.2.2

If the prompt is, "Is there a best color notebook to use for your science class?", which of the following would make a good claim?

• Yes, there is a best color but I'm not telling.

• There is no single "correct" color to use for a science notebook.

• There is only one correct color to use as a notebook for any subject because that is how I like it.

• I have always used purple notebooks for science class.

Answer explanation

This question links to success criteria 1.2.2: I can write a Claim that answers a given question.

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1.2.2

If the prompt is, "Do students who sleep get better grades? , which of the following would make a good claim?

• No, students who sleep do not study.

• Students who are well rested are likely to be able to focus, remember information, and participate in class.

• I will test this by sleeping in class.

• Yes, I think so.

Answer explanation

This question links to success criteria 1.2.2: I can write a Claim that answers a given question.

If you got it correct place a check mark in the question results section. If you got it incorrect place an X in that section. If this was a redemption question, cross out the one X and replace it with a check mark.

1.2.3

Which of the following is an example of evidence?

• Football players are 33% more likely to get injured than baseball players.

• Football is more dangerous than baseball.

• Baseball is a fun sport.

Answer explanation

This question links to success criteria 1.2.3: I can identify Evidence that supports a claim.

If you got it correct place a check mark in the question results section. If you got it incorrect place an X in that section. If this was a redemption question, cross out the one X and replace it with a check mark.

1.2.3

Which of these is relevant evidence to this claim: Plants in bigger pots will grow taller.

• The researchers placed plants in pots of different sizes and let them grow for one month.

• Some plants grow taller than others when grown in large pots.

• According to the data, a plant grown in a 5 cm pot only grew to be 4 cm tall, where as a plant in a 10cm pot grow to be 8 cm tall.

• The researchers observed 10 plants total, 5 planted in smaller pots and 5 planted in larger pots.

Answer explanation

This question links to success criteria 1.2.3: I can identify Evidence that supports a claim.

If you got it correct place a check mark in the question results section. If you got it incorrect place an X in that section. If this was a redemption question, cross out the one X and replace it with a check mark.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

1.2.3

Which options provide relevant evidence to support the claim that students who get less sleep are more likely to perform poorly in academics. (Select up to two)

• A study of high school student sleep habits found that students who went to sleep later, causing them to get less sleep, scored an average of 30% lower on their exams.

• The claim of an article I read in another class was that students who sleep less do poorly on tests.

• A survey of students based on their sleep habits found that students who felt sluggish and tired had a harder time focusing during exams.

• Students who go to bed late because of studying are likely to be know more of the material on the test.

Answer explanation

This question links to success criteria 1.2.3: I can identify Evidence that supports a claim.

If you got it correct place a check mark in the question results section. If you got it incorrect place an X in that section. If this was a redemption question, cross out the one X and replace it with a check mark.

1.2.3

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 .

Answer explanation

This question links to success criteria 1.2.3: I can identify Evidence that supports a claim.

If you got it correct place a check mark in the question results section. If you got it incorrect place an X in that section. If this was a redemption question, cross out the one X and replace it with a check mark.

1.2.2

What is the best claim based on the data in this graph?

• More cars are being made every year

• Electric cars are better than gas cars

• The number of electric cars worldwide is increasing

• Electric cars stopped being sold in 2019

Answer explanation

This question links to success criteria 1.2.2: I can write a Claim that answers a given question.

If you got it correct place a check mark in the question results section. If you got it incorrect place an X in that section. If this was a redemption question, cross out the one X and replace it with a check mark.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-7