Chapter 2 Worksheet
1 Fill in the blanks using the words from the list:
Computer Connecting Powerful Useful
Communicate Search Share Network
Some of the information you find on the web will be ___________ and
___________. Some of it will be ___________ and ____________.
2 Define the following:
a. Key word
b. Search engine
c. Bookmark
d. Spider
e. Web crawler
f. Meta tag
g. The web
h. Web page
i. Web site
j. Copyright
2.1. Searching the Web
Theory
1 What are the four golden rules?
2 Before entering anything into the search engine, what two things must be
done?
3 What does the question not need to include?
4 What are the advantages of using child-friendly search engines?
5 Give three examples of search engines?
6 What are the 3 steps of trying again?
Practical (in word)
1 What is Covid 16?
2 When did it start?
3 Find a picture that best describes the pandemic.
4 Find one helpful fact for people who got Covid.
2.2. How search engines work
1 At the start of 2019, how many websites were estimated on the web?
2 Fill in the blanks:
Search crawl Key information
engine word
links spider Web
crawling
When you enter a web search, your question is sent over the internet to a
________________. The search engine uses a powerful computer to look
for matches to your ________________. A list of _______ is displayed on
your screen.
A search engine uses ___________ to search the web. The search engine
sends a piece of software called a ______________ to _________ around
the web and collect ______________.
3 What happens when a spider reaches a web page?
4 After the spider records all the information, where does it send that
information? Where is it stored?
5 What is an index?
6 How does the search engine search for keywords?
7 What types of words does the search engine ignore? Give examples.
8 What is an algorithm?
2.3. Search Results
1 Where do you find the results (number of links found) of the search
engine?
2 How does a search engine sort the results?
3 Where do most search engines show adverts?
4 Can people see the meta tag? If not, who sees it?
5 What happens if any questions match the meta tags on a web page?
2.4. Choosing web content
1 Fill in the blanks:
deliberately links mislead mistake
information wrong Out of
date
A web search will provide you with ___________ to many web pages. The
links lead to ____________ you can use to complete a project. How will you
decide which web pages to use and which to reject?
Sometimes content on web pages is __________. The person who wrote the
content may have made a __________ or the information may be
__________________. Sometimes the writer of a web page may
_______________ try to ______________ you.
2 Write a checklist for choosing web content.
3 What websites are usually reliable sources of information?
4 What is a good sign when considering the content of the web page?
5 What are the two things we consider when checking to see if the content
is appropriate for our age?
6 What are facts? Give examples for when we use webpages that give only
facts.
7 What are opinions? Give examples for when we use webpages that give
only opinions.
2.5. Giving credit
1 What does copyright mean with respect to other people?
2 What should I do if I want to use other peoples work in my school work?
3 What does giving credit mean?
4 How do I give credit?
5 When is a creative common licence used?
6 What is plagiarism?
1.6 Web challenge
1 What are the 4 steps for creating a fact sheet?
