Internet Search                                 Date: Sept. 1, 2004____Jennifer Rudd____________

Assignment 3:                Summer, 2004                        

For each of the items below, you can use the Internet to find the answer. Please include the URL (Universal Resources Locator) you used to find your answer. Cut and paste the entire URL as a link.

For example: VSU is the text; the link is www.valdosta.edu.    

1. What is the state flower of Georgia, find name and a picture?

URL: http://www.50states.com/flower/georgia.htm

In 1916, with the support of the Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs, the Cherokee rose was named the state floral emblem. The name "Cherokee Rose" is a local designation derived from the Cherokee Indians who widely distributed the plant. The rose is excessively thorny and generously supplied with leaves of a vivid green. In color, it is waxy white with a large golden center. Blooming time is in the early spring, but favorable conditions will produce, in the fall of the year, a second flowering of this hardy plant.


 

2. What is the exact wording for the 15th Amendment, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution?

URL: http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.amendmentxv.html

Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

3. What time is sunset for Valdosta, Georgia tonight?

URL: http://www.weather.com/weather/detail/USGA0589

Sunset: 7:56pm

4. Is there a home page for your hometown? Find the URL?

URL: http://www.valdostacity.com/

5. What is number 1 in the "Top 10 List" for The Late Show with David Letterman, last night?

URL: http://www.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/top_ten/archive/ls_topten_archive2004/ls_topten_archive_20040831.shtml

1. "It's pretty clear who wears the pants in the faminly now, huh Nomar?"
Mia Hamm

6. What day is it today in the Hebrew Calendar?

URL: http://www.hebcal.com/converter/?gd=1&gm=9&gy=2004&g2h=Compute+Hebrew+Date&hd=14&hm=Elul&hy=5764

Wed, 1 September 2004 = 15th of Elul, 5764

7. What is the estimated population of the United States for today?

URL: http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/popclock

According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, the resident population of the United States, projected to 9/1/2004 at 10:09:25 PM EDT is

294,162,387

8. Who is Edward Jenner?

URL: http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761571002/Edward_Jenner.html

Jenner, Edward (1749-1823), British physician, who discovered the vaccine that is used against smallpox and laid the groundwork for the science of immunology.

9. What is the origin of the word: nerd?

URL: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=nerd

1. A foolish, inept, or unattractive person.
2. A person who is single-minded or accomplished in scientific or technical pursuits but is felt to be socially inept

10. What is the word for “chair” in Portuguese?

URL: http://www.freedict.com/onldict/por.html

Chair in Portuguese is cadeira