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






2. Aluminum - gold - copper






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






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


5. Mercury and Venus






6. Smooth - cardiac - skeletal






7. The name of our galaxy






8. 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






9. Skeletal muscle






10. Temperature in which air becomes saturated






11. 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)






12. 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






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






14. Rain in the water cycle process






15. Rocked formed from the cooling lava of volcanic eruptions






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






17. Low clouds - middle clouds - high clouds - Cumulonimbus






18. Are materials that light cannot pass through






19. Bones - shells - teeth






20. Murray- Gell Mann won a Nobel Prize for his work on classifying elementary particles






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






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






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






24. There is a flow of electrons through the circuit






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






26. 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






27. Is in orbit around the Earth






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






29. Slopes gently






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






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






32. Category in which rocks are classified






33. 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






34. The planet in which spins on its side






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






36. Tectonic plates moving more than one inch






37. The female reproductive organ


38. Parts of a molecule






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






40. It is changed by heat and pressure






41. Is described as a satallite






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






43. When air in the atmosphere rises and cools... The water vapor in the air condenses into droplets






44. The book and the moon are repelling


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






46. Atoms






47. Region around all magnets






48. Causes the sun to rise and set each day


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






50. Part of human blood that consists of 90% water