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






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






4. 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)






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






6. Monera






7. Smooth - cardiac - skeletal






8. It converts some electrical energy to light energy






9. Region around all magnets






10. Rocked formed from the cooling lava of volcanic eruptions






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






12. Are materials that light cannot pass through






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






14. Temperature in which air becomes saturated






15. Category in which rocks are classified






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






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






18. Is described as a satallite






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






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






21. Monera; Protista; Fungi; Plantae; Animalia






22. Atoms






23. Sound waves consist of compression and rarefactions






24. The book and the moon are repelling

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25. The excretory organs responsible for excreting urea






26. Large land mass that broke apart






27. Skeletal muscle






28. Bones - shells - teeth






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






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






31. 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.






32. Changes in velocity






33. AKA - Polaris






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






35. 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






36. Low clouds - middle clouds - high clouds - Cumulonimbus






37. Parts of a molecule






38. Causes the sun to rise and set each day

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






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






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






42. Aluminum - gold - copper






43. There is a flow of electrons through the circuit






44. Physical change






45. Where many fossils are found






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






47. Heat - carbon dioxide - water






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






49. The name of our galaxy






50. Mercury and Venus