# Activity #19: Research CSS

1. **What is CSS?**:
    
    * CSS is a language used to style and design web pages. It controls the appearance of HTML elements like colors, fonts, layout, and spacing.
        
        **CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)** is a stylesheet language used to style and design web pages. It controls the appearance of HTML elements by managing various aspects, including:
        
        * **Colors**: Adjusts the color of text, backgrounds, and borders.
            
        * **Fonts**: Modifies font styles, sizes, and families for better readability and aesthetics.
            
        * **Layout**: Organizes elements on a page using various layout techniques, such as flexbox and grid.
            
        * **Spacing**: Manages margins, padding, and borders to create space around and within elements.
            
        
        CSS enables developers to separate content from design, leading to more maintainable and visually appealing web applications.
        
2. **Basic CSS Properties**:
    
    * **Text Styling**: Learn how to change text color, font size, and font style.
        
    * **Box Model**: Understand how to use margins, padding, borders, and content.
        
    * **Backgrounds**: Apply background colors or images to elements.
        
    * **Layouts**: Use display, position, and flexbox to create layouts.
        
    * etc
        
3. **Practice**:
    
    * Write a simple HTML document and apply basic CSS using internal or external stylesheets.
        

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HERE"‘S THE OUTPUT:

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