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Fact and Opinion Pg. 37

Fact and Opinion Pg. 37. -statement that can be proved true or false is called a fact. Fact-. Opinion. -statement that tells a person’s thoughts , feelings or ideas is a statement of opinion . 1. Underline a statement of fact in the passage.

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Fact and Opinion Pg. 37

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  1. Fact and Opinion Pg. 37

  2. -statement that can be proved true or false is called a fact Fact- Opinion -statement that tells a person’s thoughts, feelings or ideas is a statement of opinion.

  3. 1.Underline a statement of fact in the passage. -During his research, he found out that recycling just one can will save enough energy to power a TV for three hours. -He learned that an aluminum can be recycled an unlimited number of times. -The news reports also said that over two hundred million trees could be saved each year if all the newspaper was recycled.

  4. 2. How do you know that the sentence you identified above is a fact? How would you prove it? -I know that the above sentence is a fact because you can prove it. I could look the information up in an encyclopedia, or on the internet.

  5. 3. Circle a statement of opinion in the passage? -It would be great, thought David, if he and his classmates could save a lot of energy by recycling cans. -He felt his class could make a difference in saving energy and natural resources.

  6. 4. How do you know that the sentence you identified above is an opinion? -The sentence that I identified above is something that David thought.

  7. 5. Explain why the opinion you identified is valid or notvalid. -The above opinion is valid because it is supported by the fact that recycling cans does save energy.

  8. Fact and Opinion Pg. 38

  9. Statement of Fact -They have thinner and smoother bark than trees in other kinds of rain forests. -If there barks were thicker, they would hold in too much moisture. -Many rain forests trees have leaves with thin tips.

  10. Statement of Opinion -Trees in the rain forest are amazing to study. -I think that without their special characteristics, rain forest trees would probably not survive their extreme living conditions.

  11. Graph Pg. 39

  12. 1.What information is given in this graph? -This graph gives the population in millions for both males and females in the United States in the year 2000.

  13. 2.What two groups are compared in this graph? -This graph compares males and females.

  14. 3.Which group had a greater population from birth to age 4? -Males had the greater population from birth to age four.

  15. 4.Using the data in this graph, what conclusion can you draw about people over 60 years old? -There are more women then men over the age of sixty.

  16. 5.What generalization can you make about human life spans based on the data in the graph? -In general, women tend to live longer than men.

  17. Graph Pg. 40

  18. 6.Which forest has more rain in May? -Temperate deciduous forest have more rain in May.

  19. 7.In which month do both forests have the same amount of rain? -Both forests have the same amount of rain in June.

  20. 8.Which is the rainiest month in the coniferous forest? The temperate deciduous forest? -The rainiest month in the coniferous forest is July, and the rainiest month in the temperate forest is May.

  21. 9.What conclusion can you draw about precipitation in the coniferous forest for October, November, and December? -The conclusion that can be drawn about precipitation in the coniferous forest during these months is that rain fall is about the same for each month.

  22. 10.What conclusion can you draw about precipitation when you compare the data from both forests? -After comparing the data about precipitation from both forests, you can conclude that the temperate deciduous forest gets more precipitation every year than the coniferous forest.

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