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WorksheetsReal VS Fake News - Year 7 Resource
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Former Manager of Department of Defense Aerospace Threat Program: “UFOs are Real”
a)
Real News
b)
Fake News
2.
Burnt Bagel Forces St. Louis Airport Evacuation On Freezing Night
a)
Real News
b)
Fake News
3.
Man’s ‘Christmas Vacation’ Homage Has Neighbors Calling 911
a)
Real News
b)
Fake News
4.
Elephants Deserve Legal ‘Personhood,’ New Lawsuit Argues in Connecticut
a)
Real News
b)
Fake News
5.
Pennsylvania Woman Shocked By $284 Billion Electric Bill
a)
Real News
b)
Fake News
6.
Man Sell Chuck E. Cheese Tokens as 'Bitcoins'
a)
Real News
b)
Fake News
7.
Honey Bees Added to the Endangered Species List
a)
Real News
b)
Fake News
8.
NASA Confirms 15 Days of Darkness
a)
Real News
b)
Fake News
9.
What is clickbait?
a)
A special fishing lure that clicks when you catch a fish
b)
An image or headline that tries to get you to click on it, usually for advertising purposes
10.
abcnews.com.co
a)
Real
b)
Fake
c)
Satire
d)
Click bait
11.
Every news story i see online must be true.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
If a news article is about one of my hobbies, I should check multiple sources to check it's true.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
Is this story real?
a)
Yes
b)
No
14.
Is this story real?
a)
Yes
b)
No
15.
Is this real?
a)
Yes
b)
No
16.
Fake news or made up facts don't have a big impact
a)
True
b)
False
17.
One method to check fake news is to check that the site's logo is correct?
a)
True
b)
False
18.
Fake news can never be disguised an advert.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
Always check the URL of websites before trusting their content.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
Lots of capitalised words is not an indicator of Fake News
a)
True
b)
False
21.
Fake news includes
a)
outright lies
b)
partly-true but misleading stories
c)
both
d)
neither
22.
If it's on the internet, it's true.
a)
true
b)
false
23.
Fake news is appealing because it is sensational.
a)
true
b)
false
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