Quiz on Research and Information Gathering

You are learning about a beaver's home. What question can help you find out how beavers build their homes?

• Why do beavers cut trees?

• What do beavers eat?

• How do beavers use branches and mud to build?

• How do beavers help the environment?

You need to make a model of the Egyptian pyramids. Which resource would be the most helpful to learn about the construction of the Egyptian pyramids?

• An online journal of a tourist who spent a month exploring the pyramids.

• An Egyptian government website that shows photos and videos of the pyramids.

• A poetry database about ancient civilizations.

• A travel blog about Egypt.

You need to give a speech about a country. Where would you find good background information?

• A book about the country’s history.

• A website about the country’s clothes.

• An online article about the country.

• A news article about the country’s elections.

The content of websites can change frequently. In order to make sure the information is current (up to date), you need to look for which of the following?

• The date the site was created and the date the information was updated.

• The organization sponsoring the website.

• The date you accessed the information and the date the site was created.

• The name of the author.

You are doing a project on sea pollution. What would be the best tool to use?

• An environmental database.

• Google Maps.

• A current events database.

• A newspaper database.

You want to know which teams won the Super Bowl in the last 5 years. Where would you search?

• Google Maps.

• An encyclopedia.

• A search engine.

• A thesaurus.

You are searching for a book about making new things from recycled plastic, but you don’t find any. What broader term should you use?

• New products.

• Recycling.

• Plastic.

• Waste.

You found some books on earthquakes in the library catalog. Put them in the order they would be on the shelf.

• 3, 1, 2

• 2, 3, 1

• 1, 3, 2

You need a book about Gary Paulsen’s life. What kind of search should you do in the library?

• Title search for Paulsen.

• Author search for Paulsen.

• Subject search for Paulsen.

You want to find current information about Pluto no longer being a planet. Which source is the best?

• An article from 2008 in Scientific American magazine.

• A book published in 1996.

• An encyclopedia entry from 2000.

• The NASA website.