Claim, Evidence & Reasoning

Claims

Evidence

Reasoning

What Shape are Cells? Cells can have lots of different shapes. In this lab, the animal cell was like a wavy circle. The plant cell looked like a rectangle. The bacteria was squiggly. Since all these cells had different shapes, I can tell that cells don’t just have one shape.

Do you think the “scar” on the Atlantic Ocean floor is a ridge or trench? The scar is a ridge. The elevation of the scar is higher than the two stations on either side. Station Elevation 1 -5700 m 2 -3300 m 3

Mr. Garcia: Do you think the climate is changing Mr. Garcia: Do you think the climate is changing? Make sure you support your idea with evidence and reasoning. Olivia: I think the climate is changing because this fall has been really warm. Mariela: Does being warm just one fall count as evidence for climate change? Nate: No, climate is long term changes. It is just weather if it is one day or a month or a season. So I think it is changing because the air temperature has slowly gotten warmer over a long period of time. The average temperature has increased 2 degrees over the 100 years.

Do cockroaches prefer light or dark environments? Cockroaches prefer dark environments. When we let cockroaches choose between the light and dark side of a box, 9 of them chose the dark side. Since more of the roaches chose the dark, we can tell that is what they prefer.