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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. The excretory organs responsible for excreting urea






2. 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)






3. Smooth - cardiac - skeletal






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






5. 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






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






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






8. Heat - carbon dioxide - water






9. Inhalation and direct contact with an open wound






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






11. Weathering - erosion - and continental drift


12. Monera






13. Slopes gently






14. It is changed by heat and pressure






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






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






17. Region around all magnets






18. The planet in which spins on its side






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






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






21. Rocked formed from the cooling lava of volcanic eruptions






22. The book and the moon are repelling


23. Chemical reactions take place and requires oxygen






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






25. Where many fossils are found






26. Rain in the water cycle process






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






28. Are materials that light cannot pass through






29. Causes the sun to rise and set each day


30. Large land mass that broke apart






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






32. Bones - shells - teeth






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






34. 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






35. Skeletal muscle






36. 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






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






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






39. Mercury and Venus






40. Low clouds - middle clouds - high clouds - Cumulonimbus






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






42. Jellyfish; mollusks; hydra






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






44. The name of our galaxy






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






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






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. The most recent era of geologic time






49. Sound waves consist of compression and rarefactions






50. Changes in velocity