Practice with Browsers and the Web (the world-wide web) – 8:00 class
Follow the instructions below and write answers in the blanks.
Instructions:
1. Write the names of 2 browsers: ______, ______.
2. Open Internet Explorer (IE). What is the web address of the web page that opens?
______. What’s another name for “web address”? ______
3. Go to the Google home page. What’s its URL? ______.
4. Type “Machu Picchu” in the Search Field. Press the ENTER key on the keyboard.
Click the Search Result that is a Wikipedia page. What is Wikipedia?
______.
Where is Machu Picchu? ______
5. Click on the link (hyperlink) for “Quechua”. What is “Quechua”? ______.
6. Click the BACK button in one of the open browser windows. What web page on your on?
______.
7. Press CONTROL + N (the CONTROL key and the “N” key) at the same time. What happens?
______. How many browser windows are open now? ______,
8. Press ALT – TAB (the ALT key and TAB key on the keyboard) at the same time.
What happens? ______. Do it again. This is called “toggling” between windows.
9. Go the Google home page again. Click on the link to Maps to go to Google Maps. Type “88 4th street san francisco ca” in the search field. Hit the ENTER key. Click on the RED letter G on the map.
What is it? ______. What’s the telephone number to that place? ______. Click the link to Directions or “Get Directions.” In the 2 fields (one A, the other B), type in type “88 4th street san francisco ca” in field A and “city college of san francisco ca” in field B and click “Get Directions.” Click the link to San Francisco Community College District on the left side of the screen, under Did you mean: Now click Get Directions in the upper left of the screen.
What freeway should you take to get there? ______.
How long will it take to get there? ______. How long if there is traffic? ______.
Click Traffic at the top of the map. What is the traffic like right now on Highway 280 South?
______