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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. Weathering - erosion - and continental drift

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2. Heat - carbon dioxide - water






3. Is described as a satallite






4. The inclined plane is the basis for the screw and the wedge






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






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






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






8. Given names from mythology -groups of stars forming specific patterns -given names to reflect resemblance to familiar objects






9. Is in orbit around the Earth






10. Inhalation and direct contact with an open wound






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






12. 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






13. It converts some electrical energy to light energy






14. 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






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






16. Bread - cereal - rice and pasta






17. The planet in which spins on its side






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






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






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






21. Changes in velocity






22. Skeletal muscle






23. The excretory organs responsible for excreting urea






24. Chemical reactions take place and requires oxygen






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






26. 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.






27. The most recent era of geologic time






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






29. Causes the sun to rise and set each day

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






31. Where many fossils are found






32. Tectonic plates moving more than one inch






33. Region around all magnets






34. Atoms






35. 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






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






37. 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)






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






39. Is a laboratory in orbit around rhe Earth






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






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






42. AKA - Polaris






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






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






45. Rocked formed from the cooling lava of volcanic eruptions






46. Parts of a molecule






47. 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






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






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






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