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Teaching Children Science

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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)






2. Is in orbit around the Earth






3. The excretory organs responsible for excreting urea






4. There is a flow of electrons through the circuit






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






6. Weathering - erosion - and continental drift

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






8. Aluminum - gold - copper






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






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






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






12. Rocked formed from the cooling lava of volcanic eruptions






13. Temperature in which air becomes saturated






14. Monera; Protista; Fungi; Plantae; Animalia






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






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






17. Is described as a satallite






18. Rain in the water cycle process






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






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






21. The book and the moon are repelling

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






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






24. Skeletal muscle






25. Is a laboratory in orbit around rhe Earth






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






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






28. 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






29. Physical change






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






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






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






33. It converts some electrical energy to light energy






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






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






36. Mercury and Venus






37. 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






38. Where many fossils are found






39. 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.






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






41. 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






42. The most recent era of geologic time






43. Monera






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






45. Atoms






46. The female reproductive organ

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47. Parts of a molecule






48. Slopes gently






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






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