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






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






4. Low clouds - middle clouds - high clouds - Cumulonimbus






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






6. Jellyfish; mollusks; hydra






7. Monera; Protista; Fungi; Plantae; Animalia






8. Rain in the water cycle process






9. Changes in velocity






10. Smooth - cardiac - skeletal






11. Is a laboratory in orbit around rhe Earth






12. 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






13. It is changed by heat and pressure






14. Is described as a satallite






15. Aluminum - gold - copper






16. 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






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






18. 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






19. 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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20. Chemical reactions take place and requires oxygen






21. Atoms






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






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






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






25. Bones - shells - teeth






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






27. Tectonic plates moving more than one inch






28. 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)






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






30. The book and the moon are repelling

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






32. The female reproductive organ

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






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






35. Bread - cereal - rice and pasta






36. Is in orbit around the Earth






37. Are closely related to hazards - risks - and benefits






38. Mercury and Venus






39. Temperature in which air becomes saturated






40. The name of our galaxy






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






42. Inhalation and direct contact with an open wound






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. Phylum - class - order - family genus - species






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






46. Large land mass that broke apart






47. 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.






48. Rocked formed from the cooling lava of volcanic eruptions






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






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