Web Searching Exercises

Using any search engine, answer the questions below.

Provide the URL where the information was found, and the type of search you used (e.g., keyword, subject, used a "subject tree" directory, etc.)

1. Find a list of near-real time earthquakes worldwide from the National Earthquake Information Center. When and where was the most recent quake?
2. Find a site that gives the exact height in feet of Mauna Kea.
3. Find the CIA World Fact Book online. Between what two countries is the country of Andorra, and how much does it spend each year on defense?
4. The neighborhood of Borough Park is located in what part of New York City? Eighty percent of its residents are from what ethnic/religious minority?
5. In what city and country, and on what mountain, is the Technion?
6. Using the Web, find out how to order tickets to the Oprah Winfrey Show.
7. Find today's programming schedule for the PBS television station in Hawai'i.
8. List two names from the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" list. Are there any women on this list?
9. What is the Oahu surf forecast for today and the rest of this week?