GACE – Elementary Education Test 2 Study Guide with Key
Concepts and Practice Questions
Pouring sand from one container to another - correct answer ✔✔ Which is the best definition of
an informal learning experience for learning basic science concepts?
Ammonia (NH3) - correct answer ✔✔ Which gas is known as a compound gas?
Refraction - correct answer ✔✔ When we look at a straw in a glass of water, the straw appears
broken or bent at the waterline. This appearance is a function of?
Refraction of light - correct answer ✔✔ The process which the speed of light is changed as it
passes from one transparent medium, like air, to another, like water.
A child chooses what to do, then the adult provides some intervention - correct answer ✔✔
Which is the best definition of an informal learning experience for learning basic science
concepts?
diamagnetism - correct answer ✔✔ When materials that are attached by magnets align at right
angles to the lines of the magnetic force field, the name for this is.....?
Diamagnetic materials - correct answer ✔✔ This aligns perpendicular to magnetic field lines,
and do not retain magnetic properties when the external magnetic field is removed
Magnets can attract/repel without touching - correct answer ✔✔ What statement is correct
regarding the phenomenon of magnetism?
Generator and conductor - correct answer ✔✔ For electricity to flow and move, it requires
which of these?
,Finding patterns and meanings in the results of experiments - correct answer ✔✔ Which best
represents the science process skill of inference?
An object stays at rest or in motion unless/until an opposing force changes it. - correct answer
✔✔ Newton's First Law of Motion states that:
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction - correct answer ✔✔ Newton's Third
Law of Motion states that:
Newton's Second Law - correct answer ✔✔ Force equals mass times acceleration
magnetic induction - correct answer ✔✔ process by which a material can be made into a
magnet
Nitrogen - correct answer ✔✔ (N7) Most abundant gas in the atmosphere (78%)
Absorption - correct answer ✔✔ the process or action by which one thing absorbs or is
absorbed by another.
paramagnetism - correct answer ✔✔ a type of induced magnetism, associated with unpaired
electrons, that causes a substance to be attracted into the inducing magnetic field
Ferromagnetism - correct answer ✔✔ The strong attraction of a substance to a magnetic field
Scattering - correct answer ✔✔ A reflection of light in all directions, an interaction of light with
matter that causes light to change its energy, direction of motion, or both
, Conduction - correct answer ✔✔ Form of heat transfer where heat energy is directly transferred
between molecules through molecular collisions or direct contact.
Radiation - correct answer ✔✔ Energy that is radiated or transmitted by electromagnetic waves,
rays, or particles.
Convection - correct answer ✔✔ The transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid
The air (gaseous) - correct answer ✔✔ In our environment, the most common medium that
conducts sound waves is:
igneous rock - correct answer ✔✔ a type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at
or below the surface
obsidian - correct answer ✔✔ volcanic glass
igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic - correct answer ✔✔ Name the three types of rock.
sedimentary rock - correct answer ✔✔ A type of rock that forms when particles from other
rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together
metamorphic rock - correct answer ✔✔ A type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is
changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions.
land plants - correct answer ✔✔ Depends mostly on light to survive?
Human - correct answer ✔✔ Which of the following have a simple life cycle, without a
metamorphosis?
Concepts and Practice Questions
Pouring sand from one container to another - correct answer ✔✔ Which is the best definition of
an informal learning experience for learning basic science concepts?
Ammonia (NH3) - correct answer ✔✔ Which gas is known as a compound gas?
Refraction - correct answer ✔✔ When we look at a straw in a glass of water, the straw appears
broken or bent at the waterline. This appearance is a function of?
Refraction of light - correct answer ✔✔ The process which the speed of light is changed as it
passes from one transparent medium, like air, to another, like water.
A child chooses what to do, then the adult provides some intervention - correct answer ✔✔
Which is the best definition of an informal learning experience for learning basic science
concepts?
diamagnetism - correct answer ✔✔ When materials that are attached by magnets align at right
angles to the lines of the magnetic force field, the name for this is.....?
Diamagnetic materials - correct answer ✔✔ This aligns perpendicular to magnetic field lines,
and do not retain magnetic properties when the external magnetic field is removed
Magnets can attract/repel without touching - correct answer ✔✔ What statement is correct
regarding the phenomenon of magnetism?
Generator and conductor - correct answer ✔✔ For electricity to flow and move, it requires
which of these?
,Finding patterns and meanings in the results of experiments - correct answer ✔✔ Which best
represents the science process skill of inference?
An object stays at rest or in motion unless/until an opposing force changes it. - correct answer
✔✔ Newton's First Law of Motion states that:
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction - correct answer ✔✔ Newton's Third
Law of Motion states that:
Newton's Second Law - correct answer ✔✔ Force equals mass times acceleration
magnetic induction - correct answer ✔✔ process by which a material can be made into a
magnet
Nitrogen - correct answer ✔✔ (N7) Most abundant gas in the atmosphere (78%)
Absorption - correct answer ✔✔ the process or action by which one thing absorbs or is
absorbed by another.
paramagnetism - correct answer ✔✔ a type of induced magnetism, associated with unpaired
electrons, that causes a substance to be attracted into the inducing magnetic field
Ferromagnetism - correct answer ✔✔ The strong attraction of a substance to a magnetic field
Scattering - correct answer ✔✔ A reflection of light in all directions, an interaction of light with
matter that causes light to change its energy, direction of motion, or both
, Conduction - correct answer ✔✔ Form of heat transfer where heat energy is directly transferred
between molecules through molecular collisions or direct contact.
Radiation - correct answer ✔✔ Energy that is radiated or transmitted by electromagnetic waves,
rays, or particles.
Convection - correct answer ✔✔ The transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid
The air (gaseous) - correct answer ✔✔ In our environment, the most common medium that
conducts sound waves is:
igneous rock - correct answer ✔✔ a type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at
or below the surface
obsidian - correct answer ✔✔ volcanic glass
igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic - correct answer ✔✔ Name the three types of rock.
sedimentary rock - correct answer ✔✔ A type of rock that forms when particles from other
rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together
metamorphic rock - correct answer ✔✔ A type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is
changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions.
land plants - correct answer ✔✔ Depends mostly on light to survive?
Human - correct answer ✔✔ Which of the following have a simple life cycle, without a
metamorphosis?
