1. Claim, Evidence & Reasoning

2. Claims

3. Evidence

4. Reasoning

5. 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.

6. 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

7. 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.

8. 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.