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






2. Where many fossils are found






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






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






5. Is a laboratory in orbit around rhe Earth






6. Monera; Protista; Fungi; Plantae; Animalia






7. Parts of a molecule






8. Rain in the water cycle process






9. Category in which rocks are classified






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






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






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






13. Slopes gently






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






15. Large land mass that broke apart






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






17. AKA - Polaris






18. 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






19. Low clouds - middle clouds - high clouds - Cumulonimbus






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






21. The excretory organs responsible for excreting urea






22. The planet in which spins on its side






23. Smooth - cardiac - skeletal






24. Chemical reactions take place and requires oxygen






25. Tectonic plates moving more than one inch






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






27. Sound waves consist of compression and rarefactions






28. Bread - cereal - rice and pasta






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






30. 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






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






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






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






34. The female reproductive organ


35. Causes the sun to rise and set each day


36. Changes in velocity






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. Rocked formed from the cooling lava of volcanic eruptions






39. Heat - carbon dioxide - water






40. Region around all magnets






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






42. There is a flow of electrons through the circuit






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






44. The book and the moon are repelling


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






46. Temperature in which air becomes saturated






47. Inhalation and direct contact with an open wound






48. Is in orbit around the Earth






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






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