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Let’s Review: Fact and Opinion

What are facts and opinions about bats?

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Facts are true, and they can be proven with evidence. When you can research something and find the same information in many different places, that is a fact. Opinions are thoughts or feelings about something. When you like or dislike something, that is an opinion.

Click on the images below to learn a fact and an opinion about bats.

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Bat buzzard, flight in his cave.

Bats are nocturnal, which means they are more active at night. This is a fact because scientists all over the world have been observing bats for many years. Scientists have done experiments and collected evidence to prove bats are nocturnal.

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Orange nectar bat, bat is hovering and drinking the nectar from the flower.

Bats are the most interesting animals in the world. This is an opinion. Some people may agree and think bats are the most interesting, but lots of other people might think other animals are more interesting. This is one way to feel about bats. Because it is a feeling, it is an opinion.

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Fact or opinion?
Bats are nocturnal.

This is a fact. Scientists have proven that bats are active at night.