Reliable vs Unreliable Sources

Reliable vs Unreliable Sources

8th Grade

25 Qs

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Reliable vs Unreliable Sources

Reliable vs Unreliable Sources

Assessment

Quiz

English

8th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RI.3.5, RL.11-12.6, RL.5.6

+6

Standards-aligned

Created by

Sarah Williams

FREE Resource

25 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

a source that is always good in quality, truthful; able to be trusted

domain

reliable source

bias

unreliable source

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Would this source be reliable or unreliable?

- does not list any sources

- does not list an author

Reliable Source

Unreliable Source

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Would this source be reliable or unreliable?

Reliable Source

Unreliable Source

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

a source that cannot be trusted

domain

reliable source

bias

unreliable source

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following is a clue that the source is NOT reliable? 

expert author

misspelled words

current information

giving facts, not opinions

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which website or address (URL) would not be reliable?

NASA

Britannica

Wikipedia

.gov or .edu websites

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following is a sign that a website might not be a reliable source?

The site ends in .edu or .gov

The author's contact information is available

The writing is full of spelling and grammatical errors

References are provided for the information

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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