Claim, Evidence & Reasoning

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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.

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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

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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.