FTCE PREK-3 SCIENCE
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026
FULL QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ Symbiosis.
Answer: Occurs when two species live close together
◍ Mass.
Answer: measure of the amount of matter in an object
◍ Law of conservation of energy.
Answer: States that energy can neither be created nor destroyed.
◍ Apollo 11.
Answer: First lunar landing that also brought the first man on the moon.
◍ Codominance.
Answer: A form of dominance in which the alleles of a gene pair in a
heterozygote are fully expressed thereby resulting in offspring with a
phenotype that is neither dominant nor recessive.
◍ Voyager 1 and 2.
Answer: Designed to explore the outer planets and interstellar space.
Transmitted info about the gas giants.
◍ Christian is working on a unit on the cycle of the moon. The waxing gibbous
moon means
A. nearly half of the moon face is visible from the left side.
B. more than half, but less than all of the right side of the moon face is
visible.
C. a sliver of the moon face is visible.
, D. a quarter of the left side of the moon face is visible..
Answer: B. more than half, but less than all of the right side of the moon
face is visible.
◍ Thermal energy.
Answer: The total energy of objects created by the vibration and movement
of atoms and molecules
◍ Translation.
Answer: The assembly of the amino acids to build the protein and occurs on
the cytoplasm
◍ Phenotype.
Answer: how the trait is expressed in an organism
◍ Eight Planets in the Solar System.
Answer: 1 Mercury-closest planet to the sun2 Venus-Slow rotation; opposite
direction from other planets called retrograde rotation3 Earth-70 percent
covered by water4 Mars- contains numerous craters and active volcanoes;
has polar regions5 Jupiter- largest planet in the solar system; strong
magnetic field6 Saturn-2nd largest planet; has rings of ice/rock/dust circling
it' has more than 20 satellites7 Uranus-3rd largest planet; has retrograde
revolution; gaseous planet8 Neptune- Gaseous planet has 3 rings and 2
satellitesPLUTO- NO LONGER CONSIDERED A PLANET IN THE
SOLAR SYSTEM; KNOWN AS A DWARF PLANET (SMALLEST
PLANET)
◍ The way a mineral reflects light is called its
A. color.
B. shine.
C. streak.
D. luster..
Answer: D. luster.
◍ How have humans influenced natural disasters?.
Answer: Destructive land-use, such as mining have induced landslides, and
, avalanches, also climate change and waste contamination.
◍ weight.
Answer: mass x acceleration W= ma
◍ Hurricanes.
Answer: Storms that develop when warm, most air carried by trade winds
rotate around a low-pressure "eye".
◍ Nervous system.
Answer: Complex system used to detect and respond to stimuli.
◍ Primary succession.
Answer: Occurs after a community has been totally wiped out by a natural
disaster or in a place where life never existed before, as in a flooded area.
◍ Circulatory System.
Answer: This system's function is to carry oxygenated blooded nutrients to
all cells of the body and return carbon dioxide waste to be expelled from the
lungs.
◍ Messenger RNA (mRNA).
Answer: Copies the code from DNA in the nucleus and takes it to the
ribosomes in the cytoplasm.
◍ Waxing crescent.
Answer: When the moon appears to be less than one-half illuminated by
direct sunlight
◍ The Scientific Method.
Answer: Posing a QuestionForming a HypothesisConducting the
ExperimentObserving and Recording DataDrawing a ConclusionGraphing
DataCommunicating Results
◍ The tilt of the Earth's axis.
Answer: creates the Earth's seasons
◍ Cumulus clouds.
Answer: Thick, white and fluffy
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026
FULL QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ Symbiosis.
Answer: Occurs when two species live close together
◍ Mass.
Answer: measure of the amount of matter in an object
◍ Law of conservation of energy.
Answer: States that energy can neither be created nor destroyed.
◍ Apollo 11.
Answer: First lunar landing that also brought the first man on the moon.
◍ Codominance.
Answer: A form of dominance in which the alleles of a gene pair in a
heterozygote are fully expressed thereby resulting in offspring with a
phenotype that is neither dominant nor recessive.
◍ Voyager 1 and 2.
Answer: Designed to explore the outer planets and interstellar space.
Transmitted info about the gas giants.
◍ Christian is working on a unit on the cycle of the moon. The waxing gibbous
moon means
A. nearly half of the moon face is visible from the left side.
B. more than half, but less than all of the right side of the moon face is
visible.
C. a sliver of the moon face is visible.
, D. a quarter of the left side of the moon face is visible..
Answer: B. more than half, but less than all of the right side of the moon
face is visible.
◍ Thermal energy.
Answer: The total energy of objects created by the vibration and movement
of atoms and molecules
◍ Translation.
Answer: The assembly of the amino acids to build the protein and occurs on
the cytoplasm
◍ Phenotype.
Answer: how the trait is expressed in an organism
◍ Eight Planets in the Solar System.
Answer: 1 Mercury-closest planet to the sun2 Venus-Slow rotation; opposite
direction from other planets called retrograde rotation3 Earth-70 percent
covered by water4 Mars- contains numerous craters and active volcanoes;
has polar regions5 Jupiter- largest planet in the solar system; strong
magnetic field6 Saturn-2nd largest planet; has rings of ice/rock/dust circling
it' has more than 20 satellites7 Uranus-3rd largest planet; has retrograde
revolution; gaseous planet8 Neptune- Gaseous planet has 3 rings and 2
satellitesPLUTO- NO LONGER CONSIDERED A PLANET IN THE
SOLAR SYSTEM; KNOWN AS A DWARF PLANET (SMALLEST
PLANET)
◍ The way a mineral reflects light is called its
A. color.
B. shine.
C. streak.
D. luster..
Answer: D. luster.
◍ How have humans influenced natural disasters?.
Answer: Destructive land-use, such as mining have induced landslides, and
, avalanches, also climate change and waste contamination.
◍ weight.
Answer: mass x acceleration W= ma
◍ Hurricanes.
Answer: Storms that develop when warm, most air carried by trade winds
rotate around a low-pressure "eye".
◍ Nervous system.
Answer: Complex system used to detect and respond to stimuli.
◍ Primary succession.
Answer: Occurs after a community has been totally wiped out by a natural
disaster or in a place where life never existed before, as in a flooded area.
◍ Circulatory System.
Answer: This system's function is to carry oxygenated blooded nutrients to
all cells of the body and return carbon dioxide waste to be expelled from the
lungs.
◍ Messenger RNA (mRNA).
Answer: Copies the code from DNA in the nucleus and takes it to the
ribosomes in the cytoplasm.
◍ Waxing crescent.
Answer: When the moon appears to be less than one-half illuminated by
direct sunlight
◍ The Scientific Method.
Answer: Posing a QuestionForming a HypothesisConducting the
ExperimentObserving and Recording DataDrawing a ConclusionGraphing
DataCommunicating Results
◍ The tilt of the Earth's axis.
Answer: creates the Earth's seasons
◍ Cumulus clouds.
Answer: Thick, white and fluffy
