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Teaching Children Science

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Part of human blood that consists of 90% water






2. Rain in the water cycle process






3. Are materials that light cannot pass through






4. 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






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






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






7. Bones - shells - teeth






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






9. 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






10. Jellyfish; mollusks; hydra






11. Slopes gently






12. Is in orbit around the Earth






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






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






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






16. Are one component of blood - they contain hemoglobin - ( the iron-rich substance that receives oxygen from the lungs and carries it to the tissue cells)






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






18. Bread - cereal - rice and pasta






19. The gas that makes up most of Mars' air






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






21. Parts of a molecule






22. Enables students to both look and learn from it - can be used to enhance science units and it can be used to extend teaching to nonscience areas






23. Rocks that strike the Earth's surface from space






24. Atoms






25. The planet in which spins on its side






26. Is a laboratory in orbit around rhe Earth






27. It converts some electrical energy to light energy






28. Category in which rocks are classified






29. Are closely related to hazards - risks - and benefits






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






31. The book and the moon are repelling


32. Where most of the fresh water on earth is found






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. 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






35. When liquid water leaves the surface of a lake to go up into the air as vapor






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






37. AKA - Polaris






38. Is described as a satallite






39. An explanation why Earth is not becoming larger as new land is created at the ocean ridges (the Earth's crust is being pushed downward)






40. Changes in velocity






41. Basic parts: heart and blood vessels; Plasma - 90% water and 10% various dissolved substances ; Red & white blood cells - red cells receive oxygen from the lung and carries it to the tissue cells - - white cells are able to surround disease-causing b






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






43. Heat - carbon dioxide - water






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






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






46. Most organs are internal - - can respond quickly to environmental changes; can move freely






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


48. Temperature in which air becomes saturated






49. Where many fossils are found






50. Name given to the science in which studies the atmosphere