Are You Ready for the Internet? Worksheet

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Directions: You have just read the article, "Are You Ready for the Internet?". To complete this worksheet, read each question. Then, make your choice by clicking in the box on the right you think is the correct answer. If you need to go back to find an answer, just click on the web page that is on your taskbar.

1. To get on the Internet, what do you need to do?
    A. Turn on your television, hook up to the superhighway through your modem.
    B. Turn on your computer, hook up to the superhighway through your modem.
    C. Turn on your computer, hook up to the roadway through your modem.
    D. Turn on your computer, hook up to the superhighway through your monitor.

2. What is another name for the Internet?
    A. Web.
    B. Spider.
    C. Net.
    D. Wires.

3. What animal is associated with the Internet?
    A. Cat.
    B. Spider.
    C. Dog.
    D. Bird.

4. As a spider spins its strands, it "?" them to the rest until his web is complete.
    A. Pulls.
    B. Pushes.
    C. Throws.
    D. Attaches.

5. How is the Internet like a spider's web?
    A. It weaves straw to create sections of linked computers.
    B. It weaves lines to create sections of linked computers.
    C. It weaves telephone lines to create sections of linked computers.
    D. It weaves paper to create sections of linked computers.

6. Computer experts began creating the Internet by linking a few "?" together to form a network.
    A. Computers.
    B. Televisions.
    C. Monitors.
    D. Printers.

7. Of the following choices, experts hooked up the first network to other networks with...?
    A. Cables, microwaves, televisions, and the other high-tech systems that carry electronic information around the world.
    B. Cables, printers, satellites, and the other high-tech systems that carry electronic information around the world.
    C. Cables, microwaves, satellites, and the other high-tech systems that carry electronic information around the world.
    D. Wires, microwaves, satellites, and the other high-tech systems that carry electronic information around the world.

8. How many people are using the Net?
    A. 50 million.
    B. 70 million.
    C. 40 million.
    D. 60 million.

9. Of the following choices, what types of information travel along the Internet?
    A. Photos, books, sounds, messages, mouse, and video.
    B. Photos, books, silence, messages, text, and video.
    C. CDs, books, sounds, messages, text, and video.
    D. Photos, books, sounds, messages, text, and video

10. The Internet is set up to catch "?"...not flies? The "?" stands for...
    A. Tips.
    B. Cold.
    C. Clues.
    D. Information.

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To find out what you got on this worksheet, press on the above button, "Get Score". Once you have found out your grade on this worksheet, print it out. Take your printout(s) [make sure it is your printed worksheet(s)] and place it in the Blue Basket on top of the file cabinet.


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