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Teaching Children Science

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. AKA - Polaris






2. Category in which rocks are classified






3. Most similar to Earth depending on general size - density and chemical composition






4. Jellyfish; mollusks; hydra






5. Sound waves consist of compression and rarefactions






6. Phylum - class - order - family genus - species






7. It is changed by heat and pressure






8. Where most of the energy that fuels ocean life comes from






9. Is described as a satallite






10. When one light bulb in a circuit burns out and the other remains it. - this type of circuit is which that current is divided among many paths






11. Heat - carbon dioxide - water






12. Parts of a molecule






13. Use energy - get rid of waste - reproduce - respond to stimuli - maintain homeostatis - adapt to their environment and evolve as a species






14. If we apply a force to an object that is at rest - the object will apply an equal and opposite force

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15. The hardest and softest minerals according to Mohs' Hardness Scale






16. Layer of the Earth that contains a mass of molten metal






17. Their direction can be changed by a mirror - they can be focused by a convex lens - they can be bent of refracted as they travel from one medium to another






18. A time period in which the temperature falls far below normal






19. Bread - cereal - rice and pasta






20. Created by bits of soil - sand - gravel and rocks being carried through rivers and streams






21. Tectonic plates moving more than one inch






22. Changes in velocity






23. Where many fossils are found






24. Atoms






25. Is a laboratory in orbit around rhe Earth






26. Natural process through which rocks are broken into smaller pieces






27. Rocked formed from the cooling lava of volcanic eruptions






28. Slopes gently






29. The first man-made satellite that was lauched by the Russians in 1957






30. Low clouds - middle clouds - high clouds - Cumulonimbus






31. Movement of the continents away from the ridges on the ocean floor






32. Closest planet to the sun when compared to: saturn - moon and Mars






33. Bones and muscles that work together to give your body its form and structure. The bones provides support - protection for vital organs - storage area for minerals and surfaces to which muscles are really alive.






34. Rain in the water cycle process






35. Large land mass that broke apart






36. Provides constant feedback about accuracy and efficiency of the tool that was designed - -presents readily interpretable data - -addresses a clearly identified problem






37. Galileo demonstrated that objects with different masses fail with the same acceleration






38. Depends on the number of complete vibrations that the vibrating object makes in one second






39. Vessels that carry blood from the ventricles to various parts of the body






40. Is in orbit around the Earth






41. Kilocalorie - calorie - and British Thermal Unit (BTU)






42. Can produce only virtual images that are smaller than the real objects - it is thicker at its edges than at its center - and it causes light rays to bend towards its edges






43. Bones - shells - teeth






44. The shape of the wings and the manipulation of ailerons both contribute to lift






45. Powerful current carrying warm waters from the equator northward and then eastward toward England






46. Can be described as remnants of a planet that once existed between Mars and Jupiter






47. The range that is closest to the true age of the universe






48. Monera






49. An instrument used to measure the pressure of air above






50. Sunlight reaching humans on earth - light from stars in the universe - the operation of hydrogen bombs