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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. Bones - shells - teeth






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






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. The female reproductive organ

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






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






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






9. The excretory organs responsible for excreting urea






10. AKA - Polaris






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






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






13. Rain in the water cycle process






14. Weathering - erosion - and continental drift

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15. 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






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






17. Sound waves consist of compression and rarefactions






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. It is changed by heat and pressure






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






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






22. 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.






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






24. Skeletal muscle






25. The name of our galaxy






26. Heat - carbon dioxide - water






27. Bread - cereal - rice and pasta






28. Category in which rocks are classified






29. Causes the sun to rise and set each day

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30. Aluminum - gold - copper






31. Is described as a satallite






32. Atoms






33. It converts some electrical energy to light energy






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






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






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






37. Inhalation and direct contact with an open wound






38. 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)






39. The book and the moon are repelling

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40. Rocked formed from the cooling lava of volcanic eruptions






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






42. Mercury and Venus






43. Changes in velocity






44. 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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45. The planet in which spins on its side






46. Low clouds - middle clouds - high clouds - Cumulonimbus






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






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






49. The most recent era of geologic time






50. Monera; Protista; Fungi; Plantae; Animalia