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Fake News/Evaluating Sources

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why does source evaluation matter?

a)

It will guarantee a good grade in any class

b)

"fake news" is always obvious to everyone

c)

Helps you make better decisions and stronger arguments

d)

Encourages the imagination

2.
Content whose main purpose is to attract attention and encourage visitors to click on a link to a particular web page.
a)
Satire
b)
Fake news
c)
Click bait
d)
Credible
3.
Deliberately constructed lies, in the form of news articles, meant to mislead the public.
a)
Satire
b)
Fake news
c)
Click bait
d)
Credible
4.

Choose the definition of the word Credible.

a)

Food you're able to eat

b)

A brand of basketball shoe

c)

Able to be believed; trustworthy

5.

What are hoaxes?

a)

Articles or blogs that are meant to persuade the reader of the author's opinion and which may include bias

b)

Articles that are meant to fool the reader into believing something that isn't true by trying to be as realistic as possible

c)

Websites or articles that are meant to be funny by making fun of a subject

6.

Pick two clues for identifying fake news.

a)

Strange URL

b)

Out of date

c)

Perfect grammar

7.

Fake News or Real News?

a)

Fake

b)

Real

8.
Fake news includes
a)
outright lies
b)
partly-true but misleading stories
c)
both
d)
neither
9.
If it's on the internet, it's true.
a)
true
b)
false
10.

The Pacific Tree Octopus is a real animal

a)

True - there are too many videos, photos, posters, sources and historical images that are evidence of it's existence. This is a credible source and I want to help this endangered animal.

b)

False- this is fake. Yes, there is evidence but the images look photo shopped, the videos are grainy with low resolution, and information was created to look historical and scientific. The website's is not credible.