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Here are the answers to your "Fact or Opinion" worksheet.
1. Basketball is a much more exciting sport than golf.
* Fact or Opinion: Opinion
* How can this be proven? It cannot be proven. Excitement is a feeling, and different people enjoy different sports.
2. Cristiano Ronaldo was the highest earning athlete in 2017.
* Fact or Opinion: Fact
* How can this be proven? You can check financial records, magazine lists (like Forbes), or news reports from 2017 that list athlete salaries and endorsements.
3. In general, professional athletes are overpaid.
* Fact or Opinion: Opinion
* How can this be proven? It cannot be proven. Whether someone is "overpaid" is a personal judgment about what their salary *should* be.
4. There are more head and spinal injuries each year from cheerleading than all other sports combined.
* Fact or Opinion: Fact
* How can this be proven? You can look at medical statistics and injury reports collected by hospitals or sports safety organizations.
5. Athletes are role models and should conduct themselves accordingly in the public eye.
* Fact or Opinion: Opinion
* How can this be proven? It cannot be proven. This is a belief about how people *ought* to behave, not something that can be measured.
6. According to the MLB rule book, there are nine innings in a game of baseball.
* Fact or Opinion: Fact
* How can this be proven? You can open the official Major League Baseball (MLB) rule book and read the rules.
7. The Dallas Cowboys have a terrible defensive line.
* Fact or Opinion: Opinion
* How can this be proven? It cannot be proven. Calling a team "terrible" is a subjective judgment. While you can prove their stats (like yards allowed), whether those stats are "terrible" is an opinion.
8. Statistically speaking, the 1976 Buccaneers have the worst record in the NFL having gone 0-14.
* Fact or Opinion: Fact
* How can this be proven? You can check the historical NFL records and win/loss logs for every team since the league began.
9. With dark blue mesh and bright orange text, the Chicago Bears have the ugliest uniform in the NFL.
* Fact or Opinion: Opinion
* How can this be proven? It cannot be proven. Beauty and ugliness are in the eye of the beholder; everyone has different tastes in colors and designs.
10. Aroldis Chapman threw the fastest pitch recorded in a major league game at 105 MPH.
* Fact or Opinion: Fact
* How can this be proven? You can check the official MLB database or Statcast records which track pitch speeds for every game.
11. Spitting in your hand before you pick up a baseball bat gives you good luck.
* Fact or Opinion: Opinion
* How can this be proven? It cannot be proven. Luck is not something that can be measured or proven by science.
12. Mary Lou Retton was the first American to win the gold medal in the Women’s All-Around event.
* Fact or Opinion: Fact
* How can this be proven? You can check Olympic history records and lists of past gymnastics winners.
1. Basketball is a much more exciting sport than golf.
* Fact or Opinion: Opinion
* How can this be proven? It cannot be proven. Excitement is a feeling, and different people enjoy different sports.
2. Cristiano Ronaldo was the highest earning athlete in 2017.
* Fact or Opinion: Fact
* How can this be proven? You can check financial records, magazine lists (like Forbes), or news reports from 2017 that list athlete salaries and endorsements.
3. In general, professional athletes are overpaid.
* Fact or Opinion: Opinion
* How can this be proven? It cannot be proven. Whether someone is "overpaid" is a personal judgment about what their salary *should* be.
4. There are more head and spinal injuries each year from cheerleading than all other sports combined.
* Fact or Opinion: Fact
* How can this be proven? You can look at medical statistics and injury reports collected by hospitals or sports safety organizations.
5. Athletes are role models and should conduct themselves accordingly in the public eye.
* Fact or Opinion: Opinion
* How can this be proven? It cannot be proven. This is a belief about how people *ought* to behave, not something that can be measured.
6. According to the MLB rule book, there are nine innings in a game of baseball.
* Fact or Opinion: Fact
* How can this be proven? You can open the official Major League Baseball (MLB) rule book and read the rules.
7. The Dallas Cowboys have a terrible defensive line.
* Fact or Opinion: Opinion
* How can this be proven? It cannot be proven. Calling a team "terrible" is a subjective judgment. While you can prove their stats (like yards allowed), whether those stats are "terrible" is an opinion.
8. Statistically speaking, the 1976 Buccaneers have the worst record in the NFL having gone 0-14.
* Fact or Opinion: Fact
* How can this be proven? You can check the historical NFL records and win/loss logs for every team since the league began.
9. With dark blue mesh and bright orange text, the Chicago Bears have the ugliest uniform in the NFL.
* Fact or Opinion: Opinion
* How can this be proven? It cannot be proven. Beauty and ugliness are in the eye of the beholder; everyone has different tastes in colors and designs.
10. Aroldis Chapman threw the fastest pitch recorded in a major league game at 105 MPH.
* Fact or Opinion: Fact
* How can this be proven? You can check the official MLB database or Statcast records which track pitch speeds for every game.
11. Spitting in your hand before you pick up a baseball bat gives you good luck.
* Fact or Opinion: Opinion
* How can this be proven? It cannot be proven. Luck is not something that can be measured or proven by science.
12. Mary Lou Retton was the first American to win the gold medal in the Women’s All-Around event.
* Fact or Opinion: Fact
* How can this be proven? You can check Olympic history records and lists of past gymnastics winners.
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