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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. 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






2. Slopes gently






3. Rain in the water cycle process






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






5. It converts some electrical energy to light energy






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






11. The name of our galaxy






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






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






14. Tectonic plates moving more than one inch






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






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






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






18. 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)






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






20. 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






21. Is a laboratory in orbit around rhe Earth






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






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






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






25. Physical change






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






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






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






29. The planet in which spins on its side






30. Is described as a satallite






31. Chemical reactions take place and requires oxygen






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






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






34. Are materials that light cannot pass through






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






36. Skeletal muscle






37. Monera; Protista; Fungi; Plantae; Animalia






38. Category in which rocks are classified






39. Smooth - cardiac - skeletal






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






41. The most recent era of geologic time






42. Heat - carbon dioxide - water






43. It is changed by heat and pressure






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






45. The female reproductive organ

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46. 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






47. Rocked formed from the cooling lava of volcanic eruptions






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






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






50. Large land mass that broke apart