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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. Sound waves consist of compression and rarefactions






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






3. Low clouds - middle clouds - high clouds - Cumulonimbus






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






5. Aluminum - gold - copper






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






7. Heat - carbon dioxide - water






8. Monera






9. Atoms






10. Monera; Protista; Fungi; Plantae; Animalia






11. Tectonic plates moving more than one inch






12. Rain in the water cycle process






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






14. 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.






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






16. Slopes gently






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






18. Physical change






19. Chemical reactions take place and requires oxygen






20. Region around all magnets






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






22. Bones - shells - teeth






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






24. AKA - Polaris






25. 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






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






27. 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






28. Large land mass that broke apart






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






30. 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)






31. 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






32. Causes the sun to rise and set each day

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33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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






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






41. Are materials that light cannot pass through






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






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






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






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






47. There is a flow of electrons through the circuit






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






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






50. Where many fossils are found