Generalizing

What is the clue word in the following generalization?
Most government buildings are closed on holidays.

• Most
• Are
• Closed
• Government

What is the clue word in the following generalization?
Few kids prefer vegetables to fruits.

• Prefer
• To
• Few
• Kids

What is the clue word in the following generalization? Teachers typically grade papers over the weekend.

• Over
• Typically
• Grade
• Weekend

What is the clue word in the following generalization? The students in our school are often polite and respectful to substitute teachers.

• In
• Students
• Are
• Often

What is the clue word in the following generalization? The work of an artist is rarely appreciated during their lifetime.

• Work
• During
• Rarely
• Appreciated

In the U.S., your chances of getting killed by lightning are 30 times greater than dying of a shark attack. Drowning, heart attacks, beach accidents resulting in spinal injury, sunburn, cuts from stepping on sea shells, dehydration, jellyfish stings, and traffic accidents going to or from the beach are all far more common than shark attacks. What generalization can be made from this information?

• Dehydration occurs most often near salt water.
• Your chances of getting killed by lightning are 30 times greater than dying of a shark attack.
• The beach is a dangerous place to vacation.
• Sharks rarely pose a danger to humans.

In 1905 an eleven-year-old Frank Epperson was mixing powdered soda and water to make soda pop. Frank accidentally left the mixing bucket outside. During the night the mixture froze solid, with the wooden stirring stick standing straight up. But the frozen pop tasted great!
What generalization can be made from this information?

• Some of our favorite foods were discovered by accident.
• The popsicle was invented in 1905.
• Frank Epperson was the most famous inventor of the 1900s.
• All popsicles are made in mixing buckets.

A blue whale can reach lengths of 100 feet. That is almost as long as 3 school buses in a line. Blue whales are thought to be one of the biggest animals that ever lived on Earth. What generalization can be made from this information?

• Blue Whales are the kings of the ocean.
• The size of the Blue Whale is very impressive!
• No animal is larger than the blue whale.
• Blue Whales typically grow to be very large.

You look down at your lunch tray and think, YUCK! That broccoli looks limp and disgusting! How can anyone eat that? When tables are dismissed, you look around and realize that no one at your table at the repulsive-looking broccoli.
No one in school like the broccoli served at lunch.
This generalization is:

• valid
• faulty

Many children enjoy playing soccer.
This generalization is:

• valid
• faulty