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Teaching Children Science

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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. Is in orbit around the Earth






2. Bones - shells - teeth






3. Chemical reactions take place and requires oxygen






4. Monera






5. Aluminum - gold - copper






6. 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)






7. Region around all magnets






8. Low clouds - middle clouds - high clouds - Cumulonimbus






9. 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)






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






11. The female reproductive organ


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






13. There is a flow of electrons through the circuit






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






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






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






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






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






19. It is changed by heat and pressure






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






21. Rocked formed from the cooling lava of volcanic eruptions






22. AKA - Polaris






23. It converts some electrical energy to light energy






24. Mercury and Venus






25. Smooth - cardiac - skeletal






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






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






28. 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






29. The most recent era of geologic time






30. 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






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






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






33. Are materials that light cannot pass through






34. Skeletal muscle






35. 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






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






37. Large land mass that broke apart






38. Parts of a molecule






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






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






41. Rain in the water cycle process






42. Where many fossils are found






43. Bread - cereal - rice and pasta






44. Tectonic plates moving more than one inch






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






46. 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






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






48. Slopes gently






49. Is described as a satallite






50. Weathering - erosion - and continental drift


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