WorksheetsCB02 Search & Evaluate Websites
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 7mins
Digital Citizenship is...
Being safe online.
Being polite online.
Knowing how to use the Internet.
Searching the Internet correctly
Is everything on the Internet true?
Yes
No
Who can make a website?
Only people who have permission.
Only people who are experts.
Anybody.
Which of these is a search engine that helps you find web pages on the Internet?
Duck Duck Go
Yahoo
Bing
_________ are the most important words related to a subject. You type them in the search box.
passwords
crosswords
keywords
When searching, what should you put around phrases to keep certain words together?
quotation marks
parenthesis
brackets
minus signs
I need to find information about cactus but NOT saguaro cactus. What keywords should I Google?
cactus saguaro
saguaro
cactus -saguaro
cactus
If you do a Google search to find a website called cactus.com, where did the facts come from?
me
nowhere
cactus.com
A website is probably NOT biased, and is trustworthy, if...
It is selling something
It shows both sides of an issue
It has a very strong one-sided opinion
It only states correct facts
One of the things to check to figure out if a website or online article is trustworthy is...
When was it last updated?
Are the facts correct?
Who is the author or creator?
Does it have a lot of views, likes and shares?
Choose websites carefully, because if you go to a bad one, this can happen...
Bad software (malware) can be installed on your computer.
You can get incorrect information.
You can waste time reading information that is not useful.
