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Teaching Children Science

Subject : teaching
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. Powerful current carrying warm waters from the equator northward and then eastward toward England






2. The book and the moon are repelling

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






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






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






6. Rain in the water cycle process






7. Is in orbit around the Earth






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






9. The excretory organs responsible for excreting urea






10. Sound waves consist of compression and rarefactions






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






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






13. The most recent era of geologic time






14. Chemical reactions take place and requires oxygen






15. Monera; Protista; Fungi; Plantae; Animalia






16. Large land mass that broke apart






17. Jellyfish; mollusks; hydra






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






19. Inhalation and direct contact with an open wound






20. There is a flow of electrons through the circuit






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






22. It is changed by heat and pressure






23. Low clouds - middle clouds - high clouds - Cumulonimbus






24. Mercury and Venus






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






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






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






28. Causes the sun to rise and set each day

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29. Physical change






30. Bread - cereal - rice and pasta






31. Rocked formed from the cooling lava of volcanic eruptions






32. 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






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






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






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






36. Parts of a molecule






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






38. AKA - Polaris






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






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






41. Smooth - cardiac - skeletal






42. 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






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






44. 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)






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






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






47. The name of our galaxy






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






49. Changes in velocity






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