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






2. Causes the sun to rise and set each day

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3. It converts some electrical energy to light energy






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






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






6. Rocked formed from the cooling lava of volcanic eruptions






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






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






9. Rain in the water cycle process






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






11. 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






12. Is a laboratory in orbit around rhe Earth






13. Region around all magnets






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






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

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






17. The book and the moon are repelling

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18. The planet in which spins on its side






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






20. It is changed by heat and pressure






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






22. Slopes gently






23. Jellyfish; mollusks; hydra






24. 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)






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






26. Category in which rocks are classified






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






28. Is described as a satallite






29. Low clouds - middle clouds - high clouds - Cumulonimbus






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






31. Bones - shells - teeth






32. 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






33. Aluminum - gold - copper






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






35. 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.






36. Monera; Protista; Fungi; Plantae; Animalia






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






38. Physical change






39. Mercury and Venus






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






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






42. The excretory organs responsible for excreting urea






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






44. Bread - cereal - rice and pasta






45. Sound waves consist of compression and rarefactions






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






47. Temperature in which air becomes saturated






48. Tectonic plates moving more than one inch






49. Chemical reactions take place and requires oxygen






50. Atoms