Fact and Opinion Lesson

Is a statement that can be proved by evidence

• Fact

• Opinion

• Both are correct

Is a thought, feeling, or belief about something.

• Opinion

• Fact

• both are correct

Is it a fact or an opinion that when a climber stands on top of Mount Everest, she or he is the tallest thing on earth?

• It is a fact; Mount Everest is the highest point on earth, so anyone standing there must be the tallest thing on earth.

• It is an opinion; Mount Everest is the highest point on earth, so anyone standing there must be the tallest thing on earth.

• both are correct

England placed a tax on tea.

• Fact

• Opinion

Which of the following is an opinion?

• The human body has 206 bones.

• The human body is an amazing machine.

Choose the statement that is a fact.

• Math is the most important subject in school.

• The sum of the angles in a triangle is 180 degrees.

Which statement is a fact?

• Pizza tastes better than hamburgers.

• The diameter of a basketball is approximately 9.5 inches.

Identify the opinion in the following statements.

• The Amazon Rainforest is the largest rainforest in the world.

• The Amazon Rainforest should be protected at all costs.

This baby is the cutest baby in the world.

• Fact

• Opinion

Which of the following statements is a fact?

• Chocolate is the best flavor of ice cream.

• The Earth orbits around the Sun.