INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

ITEFUNDL

(INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS

TECHNOLOGY FUNDAMENTALS)

EXERCISE

8
SCAVENGER’S HUNT

Rabe, Kim C

PN02

Oct. 12, 2017

I. OBJECTIVES

At the end of this exercise, students must be able to:

a) Identify various terms associated with the Internet and World Wide Web
b) Use web tools such as browsers and search engines to search for information on the
Web.

II. BACKGROUND INFORMATION

The Internet is a vast, electronic network connecting many millions of computers from every
corner of the world. The Internet is a publicly-accessible network that consists of millions of
smaller domestic, academic, business, and government networks.

A computer connected to the Internet is commonly referred to as a host. Connections are

made using telephone lines, cable data lines, fiber-optic, or even wireless signals. This
connected-ness allows computers to send and receive information in the form of digitized
data on demand. The data is passed back and forth between host computers using packets and
protocols, such as electronic mail (e-mail) for messaging, file transfer protocol (FTP) for
moving files, telnet for accessing information, hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) for serving
up Web sites, custom protocols, etc. Other common services of the Internet include the
World Wide Web (WWW), Voice Over IP (VoIP), Instant Messaging (IM), streaming media,
etc.

The Internet itself is decentralized---no one entity is completely responsible or has total
control; however, your connection to the Internet is probably controlled by an Internet
Service Provider (ISP).

The Internet is not the same as the World Wide Web (WWW or just the Web), though this is
a common and understandable misperception. The World Wide Web consists of all the Web
sites and pages served on the Internet via HTTP. In addition to the fact that Web pages are
served by HTTP, a central identifying feature of Web pages is their use of hyperlinks, which
allow a user to quickly move from one web page to another, even if the pages are on different
servers in different parts of the world. Though the Web relies on the Internet to connect your
web browser to different web servers, the Web is just a part of a number of systems that
make up the Internet
III. LABORATORY ACTIVITY

Use any browser and search engine to find the answers to the questions below from the
World Wide Web.

1. The weight of the moon.

 7.35 x 1022 kg
2. The state flower of New Hampshire.
 Purple lilac
3. The first person to reach the South Pole.
 Roald Amundsen
4. The Seven Dwarfs.
 Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy, and Dopey
5. Last year’s winner of the Oscar for best director.
 Damien Chazelle
6. The average temperature of the sun.
 27 million degrees Fahrenheit (15 million degrees Celsius)
7. The current population of the United States.
 325,076,767
8. The conversion process between Fahrenheit and centigrade.
 [°C] = ([°F] - 32) × 5/9
 [°F] = [°C] × 9/5 + 32
9. The IQ level which is considered to be the beginning of genius.
 140 to 145
10. What the statue of liberty wears on her feet.
 Chains and Shackles
11. The oldest college in the United States.
 Massachusetts — Harvard University — 1636
12. The biggest airport in Spain.
 Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Madrid
13. The country, which has the largest sheep population.
 China
14. Your congressman’s name, address, and phone number.
 Hon. Ocampo, Rosenda Ann
 Room SWA-407, House of Representative, Quezon City
 Phone: (632) 931-5001, Local: 7960
15. The UN ambassador from the United States.
 Michele J. Sison
 Nikki Haley
16. The capital of South Dakota.
 Pierre
17. The year Mona Lisa was painted.
 1503
18. Donald Duck’s nephews.
  Huey, Dewey, and Louie
19. The currency used in Thailand.
 Thai baht
20. The seven wonders of the ancient world.
 the Great Pyramid at Giza, Egypt
 the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
 the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Greece
 the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
 the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
 the Colossus of Rhodes
 the Lighthouse at Alexandria, Egypt