Prelims - CSS (Syntax&Selectors)

Question 1

describes how HTML elements are to be displayed on screen, paper, or in other media

Answer 1

Cascading stylesheets (CSS)

Question 2

CSS syntax

Answer 2

h1 { color:blue; font-size:12px}

selector { declaration; declaration}

declarations consist of the property (color) and value (blue)

Question 3

points to the HTML element you want to style

Answer 3

selector

Question 4

includes a CSS property name and a value, separated by a colon

Answer 4

declaration

Question 5

selects HTML elements based on the element name

Answer 5

CSS element selector

p {
  text-align: center;
  color: red;
}

Question 6

selector uses the id attribute of an HTML element to select a specific element

Answer 6

CSS id Selector

#para1 {
  text-align: center;
  color: red;
}

An id name cannot start with a number!

The id of an element is unique within a page, so the id selector is used to select one unique element

Question 7

To select an element with a specific id, write a ____ character, followed by the id of the element

Answer 7

#

Question 8

selects HTML elements with a specific class attribute

Answer 8

CSS class Selector

.center {
  text-align: center;
  color: red;
}

Question 9

To select elements with a specific class, write a ____ character, followed by the class name

Answer 9

.

Question 10

selects all HTML elements on the page

Answer 10

The CSS Universal Selector

* {
  text-align: center;
  color: blue;
}

Question 11

To select all HTML elements on the page use the ____ character

Answer 11

*

Question 12

selects all the HTML elements with the same style definitions

Answer 12

CSS Grouping Selector

h1, h2, p {
  text-align: center;
  color: red;
}

(the h1, h2, and p elements will have the same style definitions)