Science Debate Topics for Kids

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• I will respond to his points in the same way he responded to my own. 1) What I mean by the statement that I made was that everything was made for a purpose. Like the pencil, it was made so that we have something to write with. Just think about everything in your surroundings.…
• This topic is pretty straight foward. I believe that everything is created for a reason, a purpose, but I could not think of a single reason for some annoying insect like the mosquito to exist. In fact, instead of even benefiting society in any way, it passes diseases like West…

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• this is my avert animal its a mamil no its not they have a dead pup
• this is my avert animal its a mamil

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• First of all, evolution is backed up by many discoveries and scientific papers. Here are two discoveries backing evolution: 1. Fossil Record The fossil record includes numerous fossils showing evolution. From tiktaalik to Australopithecus garhi, it is clear that evolution is a…
• I think evolution has so much evidence, it's almost certainly true. My opponent, after accepting the debate, will put his reason why my statement is false. BOP is shared.

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• I, pro, will defend the position that mosquitos, do in fact, kill more people than sharks. Due to scientific studies, Mosquitoes kill 2 to 3 million people per yer, while infecting about 200 million people per year. My proof is proved in this wikipedia entry: A shark attack is…

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• Too bad.
• Extend my arguments to the next round.

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• It's called virtual reality cause It looks realistic. Also my bad, my brother was on my computer, never meant to create this argument. You win LOL
• Your argument about that ice wall has quite a bit of flaws. How is it that some Arctic and Antarctic days and nights last for way longer than other days and nights? That part about you saying that the sun goes around the edge of the earth instead of above it? Then wouldn't that…

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• FINAL REBUTTALS"..How are we different? ..I believe I have already answered that.."Actually, NO, you haven't!!!Everything you have offered can be seen in other animals! I have even given and offered actual video documentation refuting every claim you have made!The reason why…
• Rebuttals: "..but we have evolved past animals.." Exactly HOW?! Again, how can we still use tissues and organs from other animals in life saving procedures then? How can we still contract infectious diseases in our tissues and bodies of organs that come from other animals? We…

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• My apologies for not using any sources. It's hard to find some. I hope you can tolerate. For start, the physical traits you've mentioned (limb size, feet...etc.) have little to do with intelligence even though the traits are distinguished. The 5 million year span follows the…
• I've decided to choose on the topic that if monkeys have similar intelligence to humans. It sounds trivial, but I think it can be fun, and I would like to point out that this is NOT a serious debate. Good luck if you decide to participate. I will be arguing pro. Definitions:…

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• Con has responded this time perfectly, yet he has chosen to re-explain the same point he has been using since the beginning. Unfortunately for Con, this means that he wont be able to rebuttle again as this is the last round. Con has not produced any other arguement other than…
• I happen to find your latest response extremely dull and it was not backed up with evidence to support your claim still. Until you can provide evidence, your latest claim is not yet valid and i am still in the lead of the debate as i have producedPointEvidenceExplanation yet a…

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• I acknowledge the flaws of my argument, but I shall point out yours: You wrote, " It has never been reported that carbon, oxygen, and the other essentials that we need for life have ever been found on other planets. " That is completely untrue. Our neighbor planet, Mars, has…
• The Universe holds uncountable planets and stars. There are seemingly infinite realms and worlds, and galaxies and solar systems. The cosmos is addressed with many questions: Questions of origin, questions of fate, questions of destiny among many others. The vast space of our…

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• No the Salamander, is better even though it's not a common pet it's still better than a pet fish. can you put out your hand to feed a fish? No you can't. Can you do that with a Salamander? Ding Ding Ding yes you can. So therefore a salamander is better than the common household…
• Yes Salamanders are better than fish. Why? You can actually hold them and feed them yourself not just put some food in the water and watch them pick at it.

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• My opponent says, "the amount of evidence required to convince skeptics is huge". Who cares what skeptics think? The only people that need to be convinced that Bigfoot exists are the scientists that can determine whether they exist or not. The skeptics decision can then be made…
• My opponent says that Bigfoot has not gone unnoticed and has been sighted many times. It is true that many Sasquatch sightings have taken place (a few thousand in America over roughly one hundred years). This high number of reported sightings often gives Bigfoot believers a…

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• The Lochness Monster is a cryptid that reputedly inhabits Lochness, a lake in the Scottish Highlands. It is similar to other supposed lake monsters in Scotland and elsewhere, though its description varies from one account to the next, with most describing it as large. Nessie…
• Ahhh... my opponent lacks belief of God"s creation. We don"t necessarily if know if God didn"t create Nessie. Up to two thirds of the plant and animal species in the world's oceans may be undiscovered, according to the largest study of the oceans' biodiversity ever conducted.…

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• :| some people are unbelieveably sad....get a life its a joke..do you have nothing better to do with your time im sick of everyone on here getting so self-righteous. stuff the lot of you :)

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• K then.
• Well your so called formula only applies in physics which is a joke! I only studied the finest classes in troll physics while getting my trollology degree. You say trollology doesn't exist, HOW DARE YOU! Trollology is a very respected ology. I even have proof of my PhD in…

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• Firstly, id like to make it apparent my opponent has a personal vendetta against me for an obvious truth i pointed out in a previous debate. Which i couldn't be more happy about, as it will make for better debating. I could with no effort show you 1000s of instances that…
• I put forth the heliocentric model put forth by modern science in no way accurately describes the terrain on which we live.

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• Touch" I do admit you have got the upper hand here. BUT, I will try to counteract your statements again. About the fact that you said lions sleep an average of 20 hours a day. I looked into that fact and I found that only some parts of it are true. mostly male lions sleep an…
• Yes I do believe that cheetahs are quite faster than lions but know this! Lions are bloody majestic. Of course, that statement seems a bit of a baseless one, here are my opinions.: - A lion's roar is just one hell of a terrifying and menacing sound, It's loud, deep and…

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• What is this stupid pedantry? I clearly STATED that our version of gravity is false by deducing it logically. And I rebutted your big paragraph with the statement "The moon has no velocity because I don't see it move". I'm sorry for not clarifying that statement.
• I believe in a form of gravity, just not the one that is defined by science, hence "therefore, BY OUR DEFINITION, gravity is false". The moon doesn't have any velocity. That's why I don't see it move.

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• The Carcharodontosaurs were more than likely the most powerful dinosaurs to ever exist. While they did go extinct before the reign of the Tyrannosaurs, they still had the opportunity to show how powerful they were. They ruled the entire world in their different species being…

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• I have no further arguments. Con refuses to realize the benefits of a colony on the moon.
• The moon should be colonized becauseIt would give us more space to stop overcrowdingThere is about 7 billion peple on earth and not enough space or resourcesNew things would probably be discovered which could lead to advancements in technology, medicine, etc...It would make…

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• s0 wHat y0u mEnT wAs .. theoriEs AnD popE JoHn ,, iS more true .thaN God? .yOu waNt t0 saY thAt God iS wRoNg tO HiS oWn cReAtioN .. h0w cAn A Egg bE maDe WHen there is no chicken ?? because God .. the creator of everything said hE wiLL maKe animaLs .. g0d didnT reALLy sAid thAt…
• yoUr'e wRoNG ! ., God maDe tHE aNimALs .. God did not say i will make eggs ., ! iT is CLearly said that goD maDE animaLS first . aNd thEn thE animaLS fertiLizE so theY comE uP with An eGG ..(some) ,.

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• Thanks for the response. What I mean by exploring is to use astronomy, space technology, and machines to explore and go out there. Observatories are included. Refutation 1. "Creating ships and shuttles with our limited technological knowledge is in fact a waste of money, we…
• :) I agree to those definitions. Refutation 1. "There is no reason for the United States to explore space or fund organizations that explore space (besides the search for habitable planets, which I shall cover later on in the debate. " Is that not a very good reason to explore…

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• I extend my arguments.
• I will now begin my argument. Argument-1) As we know, the world's resources are finite. Mining on earth is also dangerous to the environment, as it can cause deforestation, water pollution, and erosion. [1] However, why only mine on earth, when there better opportunities in…

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• This has been an all around strange display on my opponents part. My opponent has not countered my argument, nor provide any facts towards a counterargument. My opponent is in congruence with my point of view, that is, he explicitly agreed with my point of view and admitted he…
• My primitive opponent has stated "concede point" and "according to "science", fire not alive." He agrees with me, thus proving him wrong. My prior facts extend foreword into the final round.

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• You basically repeated everything you said in round 1. Also, you have proved irrational and fallaciously stubborn in your arguments. Also, you seem closed to new suggestions, which is not a characteristic to be proud of in anyone. You have not grasped the definition of "ghost"…
• I thank CON for his so far good argument, even though it presses the bounds of the word "fallacious." 1.)Yes, I agree with your second paragraph: "For quite a long time, indeed, the Doctrine of Humors was the prevailing wisdom in medicine, the Flat Earth in Geology, and…

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• Rules 1. Con will argue in favor of the resolution that the Big Bang indeed, did not occur. 2. No trolling. 3. Do not plagiarize. 4. Con may argue first, but must type "No arguments shall be made, as agreed upon" for R5. Failure to follow these rules will result in a 7-point…
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• My opponent fails to observe the true purpose of this argument. The point is not astronomy's production, but fascinating properties. Astronomy, by a definition from dictionary.com, means the science that deals with the material universe beyond the earth's atmosphere. If you did…
• My opponent claims that I overuse opinions. To clarify, let me assert: What is the most interesting to someone personally IS their opinion. You may criticize my use of such in my argument, but when you start an argument, it is difficult to decide which facts to prove or…

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• Thank You..., Simple conclusion..... .........I Wrote:"again (during first round), ++++++"as my waiter serves me your butt on a silver platter"++++++++ It Is A Very Indecent Statement...." .......You replied:"You know bringing things up twice like this gets tiresome and…
• Thank You..., again (during first round), ++++++"as my waiter serves me your butt on a silver platter"++++++++ It Is A Very Indecent Statement.... 1]"First I would like to point out that the images you tried to create didn't match the source you gave....... It was all gibberish…

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• Just because we can't go into the past, doesn't mean we can't time travel. Con says for any significant time dilation only occurs at speeds close to the speed of light. But time travel does not have to be a year into the future, or even a day. As I have already shown, someone…
• Time travel is possible and what's more, its already been done. Sergei Krikalev is known as the greatest time traveler in human history. This Russian cosmonaut holds the record for the most time spent orbiting Earth. A total of 803 days , 9 hours, and 39 minutes. During his…

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• The burden is upon me to show that when observed from appropriate frame, speed greater than light is possible. The task of Con is to refute any argument or example that I may present.==Definitions==Speed:The rate or a measure of the rate of motion, especially: a. Distance…
• Unfortunately mega-antitheist has forfeited his round, in spite of the fact that this debate had a 3 day response time. It is possible that he got extremely busy in some work. Even then an acknowledgement in comments would have been welcome. Since this is only a 3 round debate,…

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• these are potentially the criteria to classify life: life is composed of cell/s, uses energy, grows, reproduces, adapts to its environment through evolution, responds to stimuli, and has movement.let's look at these individually:1. composed of cell/s. -theoretically, if there…
• round 1: acceptanceround 2: my arguments. your aruments and rebuttalsround 3: rebuttals.

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• "I shall remind him that he once also couldn't post an argument in a round and if that were to happen on his last round it would've been voted against him" --> You're right, it would've been counted against me if by the end of the debate I failed to refute an argument. This…
• ~Counterarguments~ 1. Impact on Culture About dropping your point - If that were to happen on your last round it would've been voted against you, even if you couldn't post it due to some other reason. It is simply assumed you dropped your point until otherwise. My opponent…

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• This debate was clearly worded incorrectly and as a newbie, I would like to shut it down. But, my reply to your round would be "But...science"
• There will be more elements discovered on the periodic table, but it will take a while to confirm them. These new elements will exist for possibly fractions of seconds, but exist nonetheless. Also, if an element with a big enough atomic number is synthesized, then more will be…

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• yes, but it would be better to have a live one to study.
• woolly mammoths are awesome, and we could learn a lot about ancient species from being able to study a living woolly mammoth.

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• This is a heated discussion between me and my friends my value for this debate is fruitalicious my criterion is fruiting avocado refers to the fruit (technically a large berry) of the tree that contains a pit (hard seed casing) which may be egg-shaped or spherical. Avocados are…
• Ok my opponent says that the culinary point of view is the general view on an avocado, he says . Well let me show you. First if we look throughout his case at the places where he got his definitions then we must see that these sites must have taken a while o find. I did my own…

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• Here is the long awaited rebuttal."The burden I accept in this debate is to show that Zero is not an even number." Agreed.To make it easier to read my rebuttal, I will put quotes in Italics as well as in quotations, and my refutations in bold.Rebuttal1. "seems that zero has its…
• Let's get started! I will go about arguing by first reviewing what defines an even number, then comparing these attributes to the attributes of zero. WHAT IS AN EVEN NUMBER? Good Question! An even number is most obviously divisible by two, but it shares many other unique…

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• If you do not believe in Lucid Dreaming accept this challenge
• as we can all see here CON states that calling me simple minded was " it was fot the greater good" please con id like for you to explain to me on how calling me simple minded is for the greater good of science i can not just let that go and i explained lucid dreaming in round 2…

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• I don't even have to use the Bible to give evidence for the flood. First of all, a flash flood can produce a large layer of rock sedimentation in a few hours, it doesn't take millions of years. If you took a jar of water, sand, rock, soil, and other types of dirt and shook it…
• "It is possible, through radiometric dating, to know if the skeleton of something had died 65 MILLION (not billion) years ago. [1] While we may not know if one male dinosaur liked pretty butterflys and rainbows, but had to keep it secret from other dinosaurs for they wouldn't…

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• These are almost the exact same arguments I've heard from those Russians. If the Earth is flat then how come we have day and night? The light of the sun would always hit the Earth's surface. If the Sun hides behind the edge of the Earth then why can't you show me a photo of the…
• I've recently visited Russia and was surprised as to how many Flat-Earthers there are. So I have decided to see some of the arguments that people have to prove to me that the Earth is flat. First of all, Eratosthenes proved that the surface of the Earth is curved more than 2000…

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• Power, has everything to do with it. Gravity is by far the most powerful force. I do not say this because gravity is the most common and well known force in the universe. I say this because it is the truth. In this analogy, gravity is a fire ant, and the strong force is the…
• In your statement you opened things off by stating that in my first statement I contradicted myself. You stated that I said that the strong force was the strongest force in the universe, even though earlier in my statement I had said I was supporting gravity. I would like to…

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• Con fails to refute the original reasons used to defend the metric system that I have provided. This is not exactly a minor point, since the entire foundation of the metric system stands on them. As for Decimal Time, there are 2 reasons that explain why it was rejected:1)…
• [1] Measurement unities were so chaotic in Europe, that each city had different systems. Several people through history have supported the creation of a unified system. [1][2][3] Con cites the failure of decimal time as an argument against the metric system, however, decimal…

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• The concept that a fungus can overtake and control an ant's brain is a fraud. Universities look for crazy things to research and waste the public's money all the time. This is an illogical concept. The fungus appearing is just a natural process of aging and there is nothing…
• My opponent is still confused about what the debate is about. This is due to his lack of debating skills and experience. He has wasted 4 rounds of debate in trying to establish what the topic is about and has made many false assumptions. Then he goes on to state that my first…

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• Yes they are real because different people have reporting seeing aliens and also seeing ufos. Some people even report alien abductions even though people dont belive them. And its basically impossible for earth to have the only signs of life on it. Other planets probably have…
• Yes they are real because their have been too many reports and sightings of aliens. Theres no way that hundreds of different people would lie about the same thing.

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• Then you concede, "Wet grass is evidence it rained".
• Affixing words like "Solid", or "Concrete" in front of the word evidence doesn't change the meaning of evidence, those words are adjectives elaborating the magnitude by which the evidence supports a conclusion. You said, "...but it's still a clue.." Clue is defined as a piece…

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• Observation 1: My opponent has already agreed with my case. In his last round he states that my resolution dictates future tense therefor telescope exploration does not count. This is not true, let us examine an example. Example: Joey trains to become an athlete. At some point…
• I'm going to make a nice set of logical points. ======= Observation 1: My opponent has already agreed with my case. A. My opponent stated, "Most of the exploring can be done by telescopes on earth... exploration is completely useless." B. The definitions of exploration are:…

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• The knowledge and technology to be gained from interaction with extraterrestrials is potentially limitless:
• Humanity in many ways defines itself through exploration, and the search for alien life is part of mankind's exploration of the Universe:

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• How would u now explain the underwater ufo with 846 ft streak mark under the ocean.
• Ah but how do you explain the eevolution of the humans if the aliens owned the planet. and there are signs aliens have visited from ancient art and structures

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• Because i think there just cant be aliens space what do you guys think.

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• I did support my reasons for my statement that I have made. I don't think you read correctly.
• No one has evidence that proves aliens exist or not. But I feel aliens does not exist. Yes, there are photos of Mars that looks like aliens are there. But the photos could be photoshopped. Especially, with the technology we have today. You can create any photo, or website. Yes,…