FTCE SUBJECT AREA - ELEMENTARY EDUCATION K-6: SCIENCE

These rocks were originally liquid, below the earth's crust and are formed by lava and magma - Answer-igneous This type of rock is formed by heat and pressure - Answer-metamorphic A river flows through a canyon and picks up a bunch of slit. That sediment and slit runs downstream and deposits where the river ends. When that material gets to the beach, it sits there. Over millions of years, _______________________ form. - Answer-sedimentary rocks Mr. Lopez is teaching a unit on seasons. He explains why summer days are longer and winter days are shorter. What should Mr. Lopez emphasize regarding the Earth when explaining this phenomenon? - Answer-Earth's tilt on its axis The sun appears bigger than other stars because of: - Answer-the distance the Earth is from the Sun The ___________ affects the ocean tides - Answer-Moon What keeps the earth from falling into the Sun? - Answer-- fairly constant gravitational force between the sun and earth keeping the earth in its orbit - Kepler's law and Newton's laws - earth is not moving fast enough to escape the sun's gravity and leave the solar system, but too fast to be pulled into the sun The best way for a student to understand the sexual reproductive organs of a flower is to: - Answer-dissect a flower and examine its reproductive organs As random genetic mutations occur within an organism's genetic code, the beneficial mutations are preserved because they aid survival. This is called: - Answer-natural selection Evolution occurs in: - Answer-populations The 6 different kingdoms are: - Answer-plante, animalia, fungi, protista, eubacteria, archaebacteria Ms. Smith is teaching her students that cells divide to make other cells. Ms. Smith is teaching: - Answer-cell theory Ms. Rodriguez wants students to understand the diet of an owl. The best way for students t