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Teaching Children Science
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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. 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
Barometer
Characteristics of light rays
8-20 Billion years ago
Invertebrates
2. Monera; Protista; Fungi; Plantae; Animalia
Skin
5-Kingdom classification for life on Earth
Earthquakes
Venus
3. Created by bits of soil - sand - gravel and rocks being carried through rivers and streams
Anthrax may be introduced into the body by
Sediments
Liquid water changing to solid water is an example of
Acceleration
4. Where most of the fresh water on earth is found
Meteorology
Cause of changes in the Earth's surface
The sun
Ice caps and glaciers
5. Movement of the continents away from the ridges on the ocean floor
What are good conductors?
Continential Drift
Asteroids
Pitch
6. The hardest and softest minerals according to Mohs' Hardness Scale
Talc and Diamond
Things given off during energy production
Characteristics of light rays
Event in the development of the physical sciences most distant past is...
7. Monera
Why is an airplane able to rise in the air?
Ice caps and glaciers
Which food group should you eat the most servings daily
Bacteria falls under which kingdom
8. The first man-made satellite that was lauched by the Russians in 1957
Sputnik I
The sun
Four types of clouds
Personal and Social implications of Earth/Space sciences
9. Aluminum - gold - copper
Metamorphic
What are good conductors?
Event in physical science that occurs the most recently
Ice caps and glaciers
10. Temperature in which air becomes saturated
Netwon's first law of motion
Dew point
Four types of clouds
Static electricity and what go hand in hand
11. Name given to the science in which studies the atmosphere
Earth
Meteorology
All living things...
Sedimentary Rocks
12. Tectonic plates moving more than one inch
Earthquakes
Meteorology
Machines
atoms
13. Where many fossils are found
International Space Station
Sedimentary Rocks
Evaporation
The Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE)
14. A time period in which the temperature falls far below normal
What are good conductors?
Skin
Cold wave
The Hubble Space Telescope
15. Inhalation and direct contact with an open wound
Core
Action of forcues: 'A book is lying on a moonlit night'
Anthrax may be introduced into the body by
Event in physical science that occurs the most recently
16. 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
Magnetic field
Ice caps and glaciers
Good bulletin board
Asteroids
17. 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)
All living things...
Acceleration
Weathering
Ocean trenches
18. Atoms
Static electricity and what go hand in hand
Sediments
Core
Liquid water changing to solid water is an example of
19. Bones - shells - teeth
A small - lit bulb in a simple series circuit (correct statement)
Sediments
Venus
Fossil examples
20. Heat - carbon dioxide - water
Ocean trenches
Acceleration
Nature or behavior of sound
Things given off during energy production
21. Category in which rocks are classified
Meteorites
Talc and Diamond
5-Kingdom classification for life on Earth
Metamorphic
22. Slopes gently
Ocean floor
Continential Drift
Cenozoic
Good bulletin board
23. 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)
International Space Station
Red blood cells
Clouds form
Ocean trenches
24. Given names from mythology -groups of stars forming specific patterns -given names to reflect resemblance to familiar objects
Characteristics of light rays
Constellations
Static electricity and what go hand in hand
Sediments
25. Rain in the water cycle process
Ocean trenches
Meteorites
Precipitation
Description of a flower's pistil
26. Sunlight reaching humans on earth - light from stars in the universe - the operation of hydrogen bombs
Fusion production
Pitch
Asteroids
8-20 Billion years ago
27. Part of human blood that consists of 90% water
Event in physical science that occurs the most recently
A small - lit bulb in a simple series circuit (correct statement)
Plasma
Pangaea
28. Most similar to Earth depending on general size - density and chemical composition
Venus
Meteorology
Sedimentary Rock can be turned into metamorphic rock when
The Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE)
29. It is changed by heat and pressure
Igneous rocks
Kingdoms
Sedimentary Rock can be turned into metamorphic rock when
Statement about a simple circuit containing a lit bulb
30. Use energy - get rid of waste - reproduce - respond to stimuli - maintain homeostatis - adapt to their environment and evolve as a species
Sputnik I
What are good conductors?
arteries
All living things...
31. The planet in which spins on its side
Human circulatory system
Uranus
Core
Netwon's first law of motion
32. Layer of the Earth that contains a mass of molten metal
Core
Fusion production
Four types of clouds
Uranus
33. Closest planet to the sun when compared to: saturn - moon and Mars
Earth
8-20 Billion years ago
Gulf stream
Personal and Social implications of Earth/Space sciences
34. Phylum - class - order - family genus - species
Kingdoms
Cenozoic
Concave lens characteristics
8-20 Billion years ago
35. Is described as a satallite
The Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE)
arteries
Carbon dioxide
The Hubble Space Telescope
36. The gas that makes up most of Mars' air
International Space Station
Fusion production
Constellations
Carbon dioxide
37. Chemical reactions take place and requires oxygen
Human Respiratory System
Evaporation
Pangaea
Precipitation
38. AKA - Polaris
Kingdoms
Description of a flower's pistil
North Star
Ocean floor
39. The excretory organs responsible for excreting urea
Measurement units of heat
All living things...
The Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE)
Skin
40. Are materials that light cannot pass through
the Milky Way
Opaque materials
Plasma
Sedimentary Rock can be turned into metamorphic rock when
41. Where most of the energy that fuels ocean life comes from
Pitch
Meteorites
the Milky Way
The sun
42. Depends on the number of complete vibrations that the vibrating object makes in one second
Constellations
Pitch
The Hubble Space Telescope
Four types of clouds
43. It converts some electrical energy to light energy
A small - lit bulb in a simple series circuit (correct statement)
Event in physical science that occurs the most recently
Metamorphic
Invertebrates
44. Most organs are internal - - can respond quickly to environmental changes; can move freely
Constellations
Pangaea
Which food group should you eat the most servings daily
Characteristics of animals
45. The book and the moon are repelling
46. Parts of a molecule
Action of forcues: 'A book is lying on a moonlit night'
Liquid water changing to solid water is an example of
atoms
Venus
47. Is in orbit around the Earth
Red blood cells
The Hubble Space Telescope
Fusion production
Continential Drift
48. Rocks that strike the Earth's surface from space
Description of a flower's pistil
Meteorites
Which food group should you eat the most servings daily
Event in the development of the physical sciences most distant past is...
49. Kilocalorie - calorie - and British Thermal Unit (BTU)
Statement about a simple circuit containing a lit bulb
Measurement units of heat
Core
Sedimentary Rock can be turned into metamorphic rock when
50. When air in the atmosphere rises and cools... The water vapor in the air condenses into droplets
Clouds form
Four types of clouds
Skin
Characteristics of light rays