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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. Parts of a molecule






2. Changes in velocity






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






4. Where many fossils are found






5. Bread - cereal - rice and pasta






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






7. Slopes gently






8. The book and the moon are repelling


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






10. It converts some electrical energy to light energy






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






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






13. Rocked formed from the cooling lava of volcanic eruptions






14. Physical change






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






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






17. 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






18. Low clouds - middle clouds - high clouds - Cumulonimbus






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






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






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






22. AKA - Polaris






23. Smooth - cardiac - skeletal






24. Skeletal muscle






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






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






27. Is a laboratory in orbit around rhe Earth






28. Are materials that light cannot pass through






29. Monera; Protista; Fungi; Plantae; Animalia






30. Tectonic plates moving more than one inch






31. 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






32. Large land mass that broke apart






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






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






35. Rocks that strike the Earth's surface from space






36. Chemical reactions take place and requires oxygen






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






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






39. Weathering - erosion - and continental drift


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






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






42. It is changed by heat and pressure






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






44. Rain in the water cycle process






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


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






47. The planet in which spins on its side






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






49. Sound waves consist of compression and rarefactions






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