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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. Smooth - cardiac - skeletal






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






3. Bread - cereal - rice and pasta






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






5. There is a flow of electrons through the circuit






6. 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






7. The planet in which spins on its side






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






9. The book and the moon are repelling


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






11. AKA - Polaris






12. Mercury and Venus






13. 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)






14. Category in which rocks are classified






15. Skeletal muscle






16. Monera; Protista; Fungi; Plantae; Animalia






17. Low clouds - middle clouds - high clouds - Cumulonimbus






18. Are materials that light cannot pass through






19. 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






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






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






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






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






24. Slopes gently






25. The excretory organs responsible for excreting urea






26. Region around all magnets






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






28. Temperature in which air becomes saturated






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






30. 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.






31. Inhalation and direct contact with an open wound






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Aluminum - gold - copper






40. The most recent era of geologic time






41. Chemical reactions take place and requires oxygen






42. Physical change






43. Tectonic plates moving more than one inch






44. Is a laboratory in orbit around rhe Earth






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






46. Sound waves consist of compression and rarefactions






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






48. Rocked formed from the cooling lava of volcanic eruptions






49. Rain in the water cycle process






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