Citing Text Evidence

We must conserve the world’s forests to support human life.

Which piece of evidence best supports the argument?

• "Eight out of 10 land-dwelling species and nearly 300 million people live in forests."

• "The Amazon Rainforest lost at least 17% of its forest cover in the last half century due to human activity."

"Less than 1% of the world's water is fresh and accessible"

Which argument does the quote support best?

• Water is our most precious resource.

• Despite the massive role water plays for people and nature, it is a surprisingly finite resource.

Taking better care of our oceans is something we must do in order to preserve marine life.

Which piece of evidence best supports the argument,?

• "Hundreds of thousands of marine mammals, seabirds, and sea turtles are killed each year due to ocean pollution, along with tens of millions of sharks."

• "The ocean sustains the lives of more than 1 billion people, regulates our climate, and produces half the oxygen we breathe."

Which piece of text evidence is more credible?

• "We’ve seen an astonishing 60% decline in the size of populations of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians in just over 40 years," according to World Wildlife Foundation's Living Planet Report 2018.

• "There has been a 60% decline in mammal, bird, fish, reptile, and amphibian populations over the past 40 years," says Dan at MyAnimalBlog.com

Which piece of text evidence is more credible?

• "2016 was the hottest year on record. This is a very serious problem because if the trend continues then the animals that require colder habitats will probably become extinct," claims Blogger Dan Jones.

• "Not only was 2016 the warmest year on record, but eight of the 12 months that make up the year were the warmest on record," says NASA researchers

Which piece of evidence is more compelling?

• Cigarette smoking causes more than 480,000 deaths each year in the United States. This is nearly one in five death.," - CDC.gov

• Smoking can cause lung disease by damaging your airways and the small air sacs (alveoli) found in your lungs." - CDC.govsmokinssasdasd

Which piece of evidence is more compelling?

• "Smokers are more likely than nonsmokers to develop heart disease, stroke, and lung cancer."- CDC.gov

• More than 10 times as many U.S. citizens have died prematurely from cigarette smoking than have died in all the wars fought by the United States," CDC.gov

Bullying is a problem that mostly happens in middle school.

Which piece of evidence best supports the argument,?

• "Reports of bullying are highest for middle schools (28%), followed by high schools (16%)."

• "Bullying can happen in person and electronically at school or in other settings.

Which piece of evidence is more credible?

• “We have the cleanest air in the world, in the United States,"

• There were 15% more days with unhealthy air in America both last year and the year before than there were on average from 2013 through 2016."

Exercise is good for everyone.

Which piece of evidence best supports the argument?

• ""The health benefits of regular exercise and physical activity are hard to ignore. Everyone benefits from exercise, regardless of age, gender or physical ability.

• "Physical activity stimulates various brain chemicals that may help people feeling depressed feel happier, more relaxed and less anxious"