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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. Phylum - class - order - family genus - species






2. It converts some electrical energy to light energy






3. Changes in velocity






4. Temperature in which air becomes saturated






5. 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






6. Monera






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






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






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






10. The name of our galaxy






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






12. Skeletal muscle






13. 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)






14. Smooth - cardiac - skeletal






15. Physical change






16. Bones - shells - teeth






17. Is a laboratory in orbit around rhe Earth






18. Where many fossils are found






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






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






21. 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






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






23. AKA - Polaris






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






25. Large land mass that broke apart






26. Monera; Protista; Fungi; Plantae; Animalia






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






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






29. 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






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






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






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






33. 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






34. Chemical reactions take place and requires oxygen






35. Inhalation and direct contact with an open wound






36. The planet in which spins on its side






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






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






39. Sound waves consist of compression and rarefactions






40. The female reproductive organ


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


42. Region around all magnets






43. The book and the moon are repelling


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






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






46. The most recent era of geologic time






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






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






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