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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. 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






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






3. Rocked formed from the cooling lava of volcanic eruptions






4. 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.






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






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






7. Category in which rocks are classified






8. Weathering - erosion - and continental drift


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






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






11. Atoms






12. Jellyfish; mollusks; hydra






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






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






15. The name of our galaxy






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






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






18. Changes in velocity






19. The female reproductive organ


20. It is changed by heat and pressure






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






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






23. Bones - shells - teeth






24. Heat - carbon dioxide - water






25. Physical change






26. Large land mass that broke apart






27. Chemical reactions take place and requires oxygen






28. Parts of a molecule






29. Provides constant feedback about accuracy and efficiency of the tool that was designed - -presents readily interpretable data - -addresses a clearly identified problem






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






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






32. Monera; Protista; Fungi; Plantae; Animalia






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






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






35. Mercury and Venus






36. Smooth - cardiac - skeletal






37. 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)






38. Slopes gently






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






40. AKA - Polaris






41. Where many fossils are found






42. 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)






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






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


45. Bread - cereal - rice and pasta






46. Tectonic plates moving more than one inch






47. 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






48. Inhalation and direct contact with an open wound






49. Use energy - get rid of waste - reproduce - respond to stimuli - maintain homeostatis - adapt to their environment and evolve as a species






50. Sound waves consist of compression and rarefactions