Fact or Fake? · Answer Key

Check the answers together. If an answer is different from yours, talk about how each of you got there. Both ways of thinking are worth hearing.

1. Fact or fake?
The chatbot claims: “Octopuses have blue blood.”
- Choice A: Fact ← answer
- Choice B: Fake
Answer: A. Fact! Their blood uses a copper-based molecule, hemocyanin, which looks blue when it carries oxygen.
2. Fact or fake?
The chatbot claims: “Porcupines can shoot their quills.”
- Choice A: Fact
- Choice B: Fake ← answer
Answer: B. Fake! Quills detach easily on contact, but porcupines can't launch them.
3. Fact or fake?
Robo says: “Mercury is the hottest planet because it's closest to the Sun.”
- Choice A: Fact
- Choice B: Fake ← answer
Answer: B. Fake! Venus is hotter because its thick atmosphere traps heat.
4. Fact or fake?
Robo says: “The Mariana Trench is the deepest known part of the ocean.”
- Choice A: Fact ← answer
- Choice B: Fake
Answer: A. Fact! Its deepest point is nearly 11,000 meters below sea level.
5. Fact or fake?
Robo says: “Chlorophyll reflects green light.”
- Choice A: Fact ← answer
- Choice B: Fake
Answer: A. Fact! Chlorophyll absorbs mostly red and blue light and reflects green, so leaves look green.
6. Fact or fake?
The chatbot claims: “Pi is about 3.14.”
- Choice A: Fact ← answer
- Choice B: Fake
Answer: A. Fact! Pi is the ratio of any circle's circumference to its diameter.
7. Fact or fake?
The chatbot claims: “The equator passes through Europe.”
- Choice A: Fact
- Choice B: Fake ← answer
Answer: B. Fake! The equator passes through South America, Africa, and Asia's islands, not Europe.
8. Fact or fake?
A pretend AI says: “AI chatbots understand the world exactly like people do.”
- Choice A: Fact
- Choice B: Fake ← answer
Answer: B. Fake! Chatbots predict text from patterns. They don't experience the world the way people do.

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