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High school (ages 12+)
Science & Technology

Name:

Date:

Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is a URL and why do we need it?A URL is a special internet address that tells your computer where to find a website or file. It gives the exact location and how to get it.
2. How does a URL look?A URL usually starts with a scheme like https:// or ftp://, then a website name, maybe a port, a path to a page, and sometimes extra words after a question mark or #.

Uniform Resource Locator (URL): A standardized address for locating resources on a computer network and specifying their retrieval.
Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): A broader term for any identifier of a resource, which may or may not include location information.
Scheme: The protocol used to access the resource, such as HTTP, HTTPS, or FTP, indicated at the beginning of the URL.