Research and Reference Sources

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English
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6th Grade
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Hard
Margaret Anderson
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28 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following websites is the MOST reliable?
www.nys.org
www.nys.net
www.nys.com
www.nys.gov
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is an example of information from an objective, balanced source?
Politicians are destroying our country. They are liars.
Video games are terrible because they make children lazy.
According to some scientists, drinking water may benefit memory. Other scientists point out that the study linking water and memory is inconclusive.
Winter is the best season of the year because I love skiing. Summer is the worst because I don’t get to see my classmates that often.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following BEST helps you evaluate a source?
an author’s academic credentials
an author's age
an author's sense of humor
an author's use of charts, graphs, and other images
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What’s the BEST way to confirm the accuracy of a piece of information?
look to see what else the author has written
check if the author cited their sources
look at the date that it was published
find out if the source was published in print as well as online
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Fatima needs to use one PRIMARY source for her project on politics and culture in the US in the 1980s. Which would her teacher accept?
a novel of historical fiction set in 1985
an article about Ronald Reagan written in 2004
a diary entry written by Madonna in 1988
an essay about how art of the 1980s influenced later decades
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why is Wikipedia not a strong research source?
Wikipedia authors try to trick people with incorrect information.
Anyone can edit a Wikipedia entry, so information can be wrong or incomplete.
Wikipedia never contains citations.
Wikipedia contains too many details and doesn’t give a good overview.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The suffix .org is used for domain names of what type of organizations?
internet service providers
non-profit groups
online stores
schools and colleges
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