DOM Objects Worksheet

Question 1

In order to use the document.getElementById() method to 'get a handle' on an element, what attribute must that element have?

It needs to have an ID attribute.

Question 2

When you invoke document.getElementById(), you must pass in a string parameter. What does the parameter represent?

The parameter is the value of the ID attribute you want the handle for.

Question 3

What does the document.getElementById() method return?

It returns a reference to the object/element with the ID you targeted.

Question 4

What object is at the top of the DOM? In other words, what DOM object contains all other DOM objects?

The document object is at the top.


Coding Problems

You'll use the following elements to complete the coding problems:

Problem 1


Problem 2
A bald eagle

Problem 3
This is myDiv


Problem 4

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