css-cascade-2

Question 1

What is inheritance?

Answer 1

child elements receive the CSS styling from their parent elements

Question 2

Why might CSS include this feature?

Answer 2

This cuts down on the amount of code that needs to be written.

Question 3

Is inheritance a good tool to use for styling? If so, on what occasions?

Answer 3

Yes, if you want the same font for many inner texts you wont need to apply this style to these elements individually, just on the parent element.