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Extra Credit-Claims, Evidence, Reasoning

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Is the following sentence an example of a claim or evidence?


According to the American Health Association, peanut butter is a great source of protein.

a)

Claim

b)

Evidence

2.

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


High school students should be required to wear uniforms.

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

d)

School uniforms can be ordered online .

3.

The following sentence is an example of...?


More school districts should wake up to the benefits of starting school later in the morning.

a)

Reasoning

b)

Evidence

c)

Claim

d)

Opinion

4.

What is the claim in the following argument?


In our experiment, the blocks had different masses: 20 g., 30 g., 44 g., 123 g. and 142 g. but the time for all five blocks to fall was about the same. It took between 1.5 and 1.8 seconds for them to fall. No, mass does not affect how quickly an object falls. Since the blocks had different masses but took about the same time, I know that mass does not affect how quickly something falls.

a)

In our experiment, the blocks had different masses, 20 g., 30 g., 44 g., 123 g and 142 g but the time for all five blocks to fall was about the same. It took between 1.5 and 1.8 seconds for them to fall.

b)

No, mass does not affect how quickly an object falls.

c)

Since the blocks had different masses but took about the same time, I know that mass does not affect how quickly something falls.

5.

What is the evidence in the following argument?


In our experiment, the blocks had different masses, 20 g., 30 g., 44 g., 123 g. and 142 g. but the time for all five blocks to fall was about the same. It took between 1.5 and 1.8 seconds for them to fall. No, mass does not affect how quickly an object falls. Since the blocks had different masses but took about the same time, I know that mass does not affect how quickly something falls.

a)

In our experiment, the blocks had different masses, 20 g., 30 g., 44 g., 123 g. and 142 g. but the time for all five blocks to fall was about the same. It took between 1.5 and 1.8 seconds for them to fall.

b)

No, mass does not affect how quickly an object falls.

c)

Since the blocks had different masses but took about the same time, I know that mass does not affect how quickly something falls.

6.

What is the reasoning in the following argument...?


In our experiment, the blocks had different masses, 20 g., 30 g., 44 g., 123 g. and 142 g. but the time for all five blocks to fall was about the same. It took between 1.5 and 1.8 seconds for them to fall. No, mass does not affect how quickly an object falls. Since the blocks had different masses but took about the same time, I know that mass does not affect how quickly something falls.

a)

In our experiment, the blocks had different masses, 20 g., 30 g., 44 g., 123 g and 142 g but the time for all five blocks to fall was about the same. It took between 1.5 and 1.8 seconds for them to fall.

b)

No, mass does not affect how quickly an object falls.

c)

Since the blocks had different masses but took about the same time, I know that mass does not affect how quickly something falls.

7.

Evidence is ___________________

a)

a statement or conclusion that answers a question

b)

information that tends to prove or disprove a claim

c)

a justification that connects the claim to the evidence

d)

Not vital when using an argument

8.

A claim is ______________________________.

a)

examples, data, facts, and information.

b)

a fact.

c)

a debatable statement that can be supported with evidence.

d)

an answer to a question.

9.

Reasoning is __________________.

a)

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

b)

Scientific data that supports the claim

c)

Explains why and how the evidence actually connects and supports the claim.

d)

Empirical Evidence

10.

"Rhinos have horns."


Is this a claim, evidence, or reasoning?

a)

Claim

b)

Evidence

c)

Reasoning

11.
True or False?
Details from an image can be textual evidence.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
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?
a)
Air is matter.
b)
We found that the weight of the ball increases by .5lbs each time we pumped more air into it.
c)
This shows that air has weight, one of the characteristics of matter.
13.
"Two out of three high school students fail to get enough sleep" is an example of:
a)
Claim
b)
Evidence
14.
"Sleepy students are more likely to be tardy, absent, inattentive in the morning and less able to learn" is an example of:
a)
Claim
b)
Reasoning
c)
Evidence
d)
None of these
15.
"More districts should wake up to the benefits of later bells" is the USA Today article's:
a)
Reasoning
b)
Evidence
c)
Claim
d)
Opinion