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?

An attribute must have an 'id' element.

Question 2

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

The value of the id.

Question 3

What does the document.getElementById() method return?

The element whose id matches the parameter.

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, because it represents the HTML document that the browser has loaded.


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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