Evaluating Information Web Sites & Citing Sources: Topic 9

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5. On lab day, review your TRAILS test results.  In your Topic 9 blog post, please copy and past the questions you missed, your initial answer and then explain what the correct answer should be and why.  If you scored 100% on the TRAILS test please design an additional evaluation question and answer that could be added to the test. Post that question and answer in your blog as your Topic 9 post.


1 The terms contemporary and up-to-date refer to my answer accuracy the correct answer should be currency because the terms contemporary and up-to-date refer to currency 


5 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 Earthjustice. What should be your next step my answer Discuss the appropriateness of the quote with the members of your group the correct answer is Verify that the attorney works for Earth justice and learn more about the organization. 


6 You are responsible for writing a paper on the production of electricity in your state. Which resource is most likely to have objective information    my answer The electric company that sets the rates for your electricity
the correct answer is The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (www.epa.gov)



10 Which of the following is the best criterion to use when evaluating a website? my answer The website is listed at the top of a Google search the correct answer is The website is produced by a government agency or university.