FTCE PREK-3 SCIENCE PRACTICE EXAMINATION 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
● FTCE. Answer: Florida Teacher Certification Examinations required for Florida teaching
licensure
● 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
● Hypothesis. Answer: A testable explanation for an observed phenomenon
● Experiment. Answer: Controlled investigation testing a hypothesis through systematic data
collection
● Data. Answer: Information collected during observation or experimentation
● Classification. Answer: Grouping objects or organisms based on shared characteristics
● 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
● 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
● Energy. Answer: Capacity to do work or cause change
● Heat Energy. Answer: Thermal energy transferred from warmer to cooler objects
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
● FTCE. Answer: Florida Teacher Certification Examinations required for Florida teaching
licensure
● 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
● Hypothesis. Answer: A testable explanation for an observed phenomenon
● Experiment. Answer: Controlled investigation testing a hypothesis through systematic data
collection
● Data. Answer: Information collected during observation or experimentation
● Classification. Answer: Grouping objects or organisms based on shared characteristics
● 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
● 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
● Energy. Answer: Capacity to do work or cause change
● Heat Energy. Answer: Thermal energy transferred from warmer to cooler objects
