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Types of Evidence

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Evidence from people who have special knowledge and experience on a subject is known as...

a)

expert opinion

b)

statistics

c)

anecdote

d)

facts

2.

A brief, real story that explains what happened, who was involved, and when and where it happened, is known as...

a)

anecdote

b)

facts

c)

statistics

d)

expert opinion

3.

Provable information about "who, what, where, when, how, and why" is known as...

a)

definitions

b)

facts

c)

anecdotes

d)

statistics

4.

“Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes. After that who cares?

... He’s a mile away and you’ve got his shoes!” - Billy Connolly


This is an example of a...

a)

fact

b)

anecdote

c)

quote

d)

statistic

5.

In one interview, Bill Gamble, a corporal with the 5th Machine Gun Battalion, 25th Machine Gun Company, says that he believes that he shot the famous German flying ace Baron Manfred von Richtofen - The Red Baron.


This is an example of...

a)

fact

b)

quote

c)

statistic

d)

anecdote

6.

“The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.” - Abraham Lincoln


This is an example of...

a)

anecdote

b)

fact

c)

statistic

d)

quote

7.

In his book In Defense of Food, Michael Pollan offers three simple, easy-to-remember “rules” for eating: eat food, not too much, mostly plants.


This is an example of...

a)

quote

b)

fact

c)

expert opinion

d)

anecdote

8.

If a Polar Bear and a Grizzly Bear mate, their offspring is called a “Pizzy Bear”


This is an example of...

a)

quote

b)

fact

c)

statistic

d)

anecdote

9.

Children now spend more than seven and a half hours a day in front of a screen.


This is an example of...

a)

anecdote

b)

quote

c)

statistic

d)

fact

10.

“This is a war to

end all wars.” - Woodrow Wilson, 1917


This is an example of...

a)

fact

b)

quote

c)

statistic

d)

anecdote

11.

2.6% of the total disease burden in Australia was due to physical inactivity.


This is an example of...

a)

fact

b)

quote

c)

anecdote

d)

statistic

12.

The scientific term for brain freeze is “sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia”.


This is an example of...

a)

quote

b)

statistic

c)

fact

d)

anecdote

13.

Dr Len Lichtenfeld is deputy chief medical officer for the American Cancer Society. As well as giving his unique perspective on the US’s “war on cancer”, Dr Len writes about the similarities and differences between the US and UK in our approaches to preventing, detecting and treating the disease.


This is an example of...

a)

quote

b)

expert opinion

c)

fact

d)

anecdote

14.

I once had a Border Collie. She was so smart. Every morning, I'd open up the front door and she'd run out, pick up the newspaper, and deliver it to my husband at the breakfast table.


This is an example of...

a)

fact

b)

statistic

c)

quote

d)

anecdote

15.

Which of the following types of evidence provide information about a pattern or trend?

a)

facts

b)

quotes

c)

expert opinions

d)

statistics