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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. Slopes gently






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






3. Rain in the water cycle process






4. Monera; Protista; Fungi; Plantae; Animalia






5. It converts some electrical energy to light energy






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






7. Heat - carbon dioxide - water






8. Where many fossils are found






9. Sound waves consist of compression and rarefactions






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






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






13. 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






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






15. Temperature in which air becomes saturated






16. Aluminum - gold - copper






17. Inhalation and direct contact with an open wound






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






19. Mercury and Venus






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






21. The book and the moon are repelling


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






23. Bones - shells - teeth






24. Physical change






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






26. Bread - cereal - rice and pasta






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






28. The excretory organs responsible for excreting urea






29. Weathering - erosion - and continental drift


30. The planet in which spins on its side






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






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






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






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






35. Parts of a molecule






36. 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






37. Jellyfish; mollusks; hydra






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






39. The most recent era of geologic time






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






41. There is a flow of electrons through the circuit






42. 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






43. 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






44. 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)






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






46. Are materials that light cannot pass through






47. 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)






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






49. Changes in velocity






50. The name of our galaxy