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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. Where most of the fresh water on earth is found






2. Are materials that light cannot pass through






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






4. The book and the moon are repelling


5. Rocked formed from the cooling lava of volcanic eruptions






6. Parts of a molecule






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






8. Large land mass that broke apart






9. Low clouds - middle clouds - high clouds - Cumulonimbus






10. Mercury and Venus






11. 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






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






13. Region around all magnets






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






15. Monera; Protista; Fungi; Plantae; Animalia






16. Bread - cereal - rice and pasta






17. Bones - shells - teeth






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






19. Atoms






20. AKA - Polaris






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






22. The most recent era of geologic time






23. If we apply a force to an object that is at rest - the object will apply an equal and opposite force


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






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






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






27. Heat - carbon dioxide - water






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






29. The female reproductive organ


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






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






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






33. Tectonic plates moving more than one inch






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






35. Rain in the water cycle process






36. Sound waves consist of compression and rarefactions






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






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






39. Causes the sun to rise and set each day


40. Jellyfish; mollusks; hydra






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






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






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






44. Temperature in which air becomes saturated






45. It converts some electrical energy to light energy






46. Monera






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






48. 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






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






50. 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