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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. The female reproductive organ


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. Bones - shells - teeth






4. The planet in which spins on its side






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






6. There is a flow of electrons through the circuit






7. Atoms






8. Category in which rocks are classified






9. Bread - cereal - rice and pasta






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






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






12. Jellyfish; mollusks; hydra






13. Causes the sun to rise and set each day


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






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






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






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






18. AKA - Polaris






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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)






25. Large land mass that broke apart






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






27. 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.






28. It converts some electrical energy to light energy






29. Heat - carbon dioxide - water






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






31. The name of our galaxy






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






33. Chemical reactions take place and requires oxygen






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






35. Skeletal muscle






36. Region around all magnets






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






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






39. Is in orbit around the Earth






40. Is described as a satallite






41. The book and the moon are repelling


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






43. 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






44. Changes in velocity






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






46. Monera; Protista; Fungi; Plantae; Animalia






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. Mercury and Venus






49. The most recent era of geologic time






50. Sound waves consist of compression and rarefactions