INTERNET RESEARCH SURVEY

OAKS

 

7-1 Science

Search Engine: Ask Jeeves

Internet Site:

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Is it clear who has written the information?

 

            Yes and no, it was not clear who wrote it but we were able to find it on the site and the author is The Live Oak Societies. On the page there isn’t a number, email address, or an ordinary address to contact them. So the page is what you get.

 

Are the aims of the site clear?

 

            Definitely, the aims of the site were perfectly clear. The aim of the sit is Education on oak trees. The aim is for learning about oak trees. It is for people who wish to learn about and grow oak trees.

 

Does the site achieve its aim?

 

            The site does exactly what it says it will do. It supposed to help people learn about oaks and it does.

 

Is the site relevant to me?

 

  1. Are oaks deciduous?

Yes, oaks are deciduous.

  1. What can cause the death of an oak tree (bugs, weather, birds, diseases)?

Beetles can cause the death of oak trees. Also fire caused by lightning cause of oak deaths.

      3.    How old do oak trees have to be to start making acorns? 

Oak trees can start making acorns when they are 20 years old it has been said that some oak trees are as old as 50 years before even starting to produce acorn.

4.   True or false, oak trees can die because of fungi?

      It’s true a fungus is one cause of oak death along with beetles and fire!

5.   True or false worms help oak trees?

            True by burrowing the worms make the soil soft and moist.

 

Can the information be checked?

Me, myself believe that the person or persons are qualified to write this site. I have seen some of this information on other sites but there are some fact that I haven’t seen before! I don’t think that there is any new information that they just discovered but I certainly didn’t know about some of this.

 

When was the site produced?

The information on this site is definitely up to date the last time they checked the site was November 13, 2002. It says on the bottom of the page the last time the site and information was checked. 

           

Is the information biased in any way?

This site as I have read it has shown no sign of being biased it just gives you information on oaks. It doesn’t say oaks are the most important or oaks aren’t anything. The site gives at least both ways of looking at oak.