TRAILS/COR (9th Grade)

You are doing a project on income versus expenditures in city government. You hear that your city spent 3 million dollars on snow removal last year, and you want to use this information in your Slide presentation. What should you do to verify that this information is correct?

• Call a neighbor.
• Ask your parent or guardian.
• Call the police department.
• Call the city treasurer.

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When you research a topic, it is important to know its relationship to other concepts. All of the following concepts are related to stress. Which phrase represents the narrowest (most specific) topic?

• Psychological stress
• Gender differences in stress reactions
• Strategies for coping with stress
• Reactions to stress

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Plagiarism means:

• Quoting someone else’s work and giving that person credit
• Writing a short story with a group of classmates
• The use of another’s original words or ideas as though they were your own
• Developing a handbook on copyright laws

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You need to write a paper on an event that took place two days ago. Where are you most likely to find information about the event?

• Book
• Encyclopedia
• Journal
• Newspaper

Your group has selected the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska as a research topic. As you are researching, you read a fantastic quote attributed to attorney Paul Achitoff of Earth Justice. What should be your next step?

• Verify that the attorney works for Earth Justice and learn more about the organization.
• Discuss if the quote is appropriate to use for the project with the members of your group.
• Use the quote in your group’s research project because the quote supports the group’s argument.

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You are responsible for making a documentary on the production of electricity in your state. Which resource is most likely to have objective (not biased) information:

• www.freetheplanet.org
• The electric company that sets the rate for your electricity
• A coal company in your state
• The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (www.epa.gov)

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When you research a topic, it is important to know its relationship to other concepts. Which word or phrase represents the broadest (most general) subject under which all of the other topics would fit?

• Studying
• Note taking
• Succeeding in academics
• Rewriting your notes

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You need to find reliable information about treatments available for headaches and plan to use an article from the periodical Pain-Free Living as your source. What is the most important thing to think about as you decide whether or not this is a reliable resource?

• How current is the periodical?
• What experience does the author of the article have?
• Who publishes the periodical?
• All of the answers are correct.

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When you are conducting research on a topic, you may want to consult a list of websites, books, journal articles, or other materials about that topic.

Which of the following terms refers the list that shows which sources you used?

• Bibliography/Reference page/Works Cited

• Library catalog

• Research database

• Subject headings

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Which of the following is the best criterion to use when evaluating a website?

• The producer of the website is reliable
• The website is recommended by my friends
• The website is listed at the top of a Google search.
• The website is cited by Wikipedia.

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