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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. Heat - carbon dioxide - water






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






3. Rain in the water cycle process






4. Weathering - erosion - and continental drift


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






6. Physical change






7. Smooth - cardiac - skeletal






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






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






10. 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






11. Where many fossils are found






12. Inhalation and direct contact with an open wound






13. Monera; Protista; Fungi; Plantae; Animalia






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






15. Is described as a satallite






16. Temperature in which air becomes saturated






17. The excretory organs responsible for excreting urea






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






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






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






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






22. If we apply a force to an object that is at rest - the object will apply an equal and opposite force


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






24. The name of our galaxy






25. The most recent era of geologic time






26. 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






27. Tectonic plates moving more than one inch






28. Mercury and Venus






29. Category in which rocks are classified






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






31. Causes the sun to rise and set each day


32. The planet in which spins on its side






33. 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)






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






35. The female reproductive organ


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






37. Rocked formed from the cooling lava of volcanic eruptions






38. Slopes gently






39. There is a flow of electrons through the circuit






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






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






42. Atoms






43. 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






44. Skeletal muscle






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






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






47. Changes in velocity






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






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






50. Parts of a molecule