A report says: "Ms. Rivas, a coastal engineer with twenty years on flood systems, believes the town's drains will not cope with heavier storms." Which category of support is this line?

A vlog quotes a licensed dentist saying the new seawall is "badly designed." He has no training in coastal work. How should the researcher label the quote?

A draft reads: "A nutritionist thinks the canteen's rice servings are too large, so we now know students are overfed." What is wrong with the second half of the sentence?

A group asserts that a proposed footbridge design will stay safe under daily crowds. Which support fits that assertion best?

"Our town recycles 18 percent of its plastic. A waste engineer says the sorting stations sit too far apart. I carried bottles three blocks last Friday." Which sentence gives informed opinion?

Ms. Cruz, a nurse, writes: "Last June I waited two hours at the clinic myself." Which category of support is her sentence?

A physics teacher writes in a report: "Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius at sea level." Which category of support is this?

Assertion: most Grade 10 students in the city sleep under six hours. The only support offered is a sleep specialist's judgment. What limit should the writer note?

Which assertion is best supported by an informed opinion rather than by the other three kinds of evidence?

A qualified engineer's judgment about a drainage plan is still an opinion, even though her expertise fits the topic.

Which sentence reports a marine biologist's view without turning it into a finding?

Two hydrologists read the same flood plan and reach opposite judgments about it. What should the research report do?

A paper claims that the bay's water is unsafe for swimming. Whose comment would count as informed opinion for that claim?

A student paper says only: "Experts agree that screen time is harming reading habits." What is the main weakness of this support?

A geologist writes: "In my assessment the slope will slip after three days of heavy rain." A student copies it as: "Studies show the slope slips after three days of rain." What went wrong?

A research paper asserts that Riverside residents feel unsafe during storms. Which support fits that assertion best?

A table shows canteen sales fell by 30 percent. A nutritionist then explains why she thinks the fall happened. How should her explanation be labeled?

A fisheries scientist who has never studied Bantay Bay says its fish catch is falling. What limit should the report state alongside her view?

A counterclaim is backed only by the judgment of a well-qualified expert. What may the writer fairly say?

In a paragraph on urban heat, which phrase best signals that the sentence carries an informed opinion and not a result?