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






2. Skeletal muscle






3. Is described as a satallite






4. Physical change






5. Changes in velocity






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






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






8. The most recent era of geologic time






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






10. The name of our galaxy






11. Parts of a molecule






12. Are materials that light cannot pass through






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






14. 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






15. Causes the sun to rise and set each day


16. 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)






17. Mercury and Venus






18. 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






19. Sound waves consist of compression and rarefactions






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






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






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






23. The planet in which spins on its side






24. The female reproductive organ


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






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






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






28. Heat - carbon dioxide - water






29. Category in which rocks are classified






30. AKA - Polaris






31. The excretory organs responsible for excreting urea






32. Atoms






33. It converts some electrical energy to light energy






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






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






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






37. 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)






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






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






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


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






42. Low clouds - middle clouds - high clouds - Cumulonimbus






43. It is changed by heat and pressure






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






45. Smooth - cardiac - skeletal






46. Rain in the water cycle process






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






48. Is in orbit around the Earth






49. Temperature in which air becomes saturated






50. There is a flow of electrons through the circuit