FTCE PREK-3 SCIENCE COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● FTCE. Answer: Florida Teacher Certification Examinations required for Florida teaching
licensure
● PreK-3. Answer: Pre-Kindergarten through third grade, the early childhood teaching
certification range
● Scientific Inquiry. Answer: Process children use to ask questions observe and explore the
natural world
● Observation. Answer: Using the senses to gather information about objects and events
● Measurement. Answer: Using tools to determine the size quantity or amount of something
● Prediction. Answer: Making an educated guess about what will happen based on prior
knowledge
● Hypothesis. Answer: A testable explanation for an observed phenomenon
● Experiment. Answer: Controlled investigation testing a hypothesis through systematic data
collection
● Independent Variable. Answer: Factor deliberately changed by the investigator in an
experiment
● Dependent Variable. Answer: Factor measured as the outcome in response to the
independent variable
● Data. Answer: Information collected during observation or experimentation
● Inference. Answer: Conclusion drawn from data and observations
● Classification. Answer: Grouping objects or organisms based on shared characteristics
● NGSS. Answer: Next Generation Science Standards guiding science education in many
states
, ● Inquiry-Based Learning. Answer: Instructional approach having students discover
concepts through investigation
● Hands-On Learning. Answer: Science instruction using concrete materials and direct
experience
● Matter. Answer: Anything that has mass and takes up space
● Solid. Answer: State of matter with definite shape and volume
● Liquid. Answer: State of matter with definite volume but no definite shape
● Gas. Answer: State of matter with no definite shape or volume
● Properties of Matter. Answer: Observable characteristics such as color texture hardness
and shape
● Mass. Answer: Amount of matter in an object
● Density. Answer: Mass per unit volume of a substance
● Buoyancy. Answer: Upward force exerted by a fluid on an immersed object
● Physical Change. Answer: Change altering the form but not the chemical composition of
matter
● Chemical Change. Answer: Change producing one or more new substances with different
properties
● Mixture. Answer: Combination of two or more substances not chemically bonded
● Energy. Answer: Capacity to do work or cause change
● Heat Energy. Answer: Thermal energy transferred from warmer to cooler objects
● Light Energy. Answer: Electromagnetic radiation visible to the human eye
● Sound Energy. Answer: Mechanical vibrations traveling through matter as waves
● Kinetic Energy. Answer: Energy of motion
● Potential Energy. Answer: Stored energy based on position or condition
● Force. Answer: Push or pull that can change an object's motion
2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● FTCE. Answer: Florida Teacher Certification Examinations required for Florida teaching
licensure
● PreK-3. Answer: Pre-Kindergarten through third grade, the early childhood teaching
certification range
● Scientific Inquiry. Answer: Process children use to ask questions observe and explore the
natural world
● Observation. Answer: Using the senses to gather information about objects and events
● Measurement. Answer: Using tools to determine the size quantity or amount of something
● Prediction. Answer: Making an educated guess about what will happen based on prior
knowledge
● Hypothesis. Answer: A testable explanation for an observed phenomenon
● Experiment. Answer: Controlled investigation testing a hypothesis through systematic data
collection
● Independent Variable. Answer: Factor deliberately changed by the investigator in an
experiment
● Dependent Variable. Answer: Factor measured as the outcome in response to the
independent variable
● Data. Answer: Information collected during observation or experimentation
● Inference. Answer: Conclusion drawn from data and observations
● Classification. Answer: Grouping objects or organisms based on shared characteristics
● NGSS. Answer: Next Generation Science Standards guiding science education in many
states
, ● Inquiry-Based Learning. Answer: Instructional approach having students discover
concepts through investigation
● Hands-On Learning. Answer: Science instruction using concrete materials and direct
experience
● Matter. Answer: Anything that has mass and takes up space
● Solid. Answer: State of matter with definite shape and volume
● Liquid. Answer: State of matter with definite volume but no definite shape
● Gas. Answer: State of matter with no definite shape or volume
● Properties of Matter. Answer: Observable characteristics such as color texture hardness
and shape
● Mass. Answer: Amount of matter in an object
● Density. Answer: Mass per unit volume of a substance
● Buoyancy. Answer: Upward force exerted by a fluid on an immersed object
● Physical Change. Answer: Change altering the form but not the chemical composition of
matter
● Chemical Change. Answer: Change producing one or more new substances with different
properties
● Mixture. Answer: Combination of two or more substances not chemically bonded
● Energy. Answer: Capacity to do work or cause change
● Heat Energy. Answer: Thermal energy transferred from warmer to cooler objects
● Light Energy. Answer: Electromagnetic radiation visible to the human eye
● Sound Energy. Answer: Mechanical vibrations traveling through matter as waves
● Kinetic Energy. Answer: Energy of motion
● Potential Energy. Answer: Stored energy based on position or condition
● Force. Answer: Push or pull that can change an object's motion
