FTCE Subject Area - Elementary Education K-6 Science
Questions and Answers (Verified)
1. These rocks were originally liquid, below the earth's crust and are
formed by lava and magma
ANSigneous
2. This type of rock is formed by heat and pressure
ANSmetamorphic
3. 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.
ANSsedimentary rocks
4. 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
ANSEarth's tilt on its axis
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,5. The sun appears bigger than other stars because of
ANSthe distance the Earth is from the Sun
6. The affects the ocean tides
ANSMoon
7. What keeps the earth from falling into the Sun
ANS- 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
8. The best way for a student to understand the sexual reproductive
organs of a flower is to
ANSdissect a flower and examine its reproductive organs
9. As random genetic mutations occur within an organism's genetic
code, the beneficial mutations are preserved because they aid survival.
This is called
ANSnatural selection
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,10.Evolution occurs in
ANSpopulations
11.The 6 different kingdoms are
ANSplante, animalia, fungi, protista, eubacteria, archaebacteria
12.Ms. Smith is teaching her students that cells divide to make other
cells. Ms. Smith is teaching
ANScell theory
13.Ms. Rodriguez wants students to understand the diet of an owl. The
best way for students to understand this is by
ANSdissecting an owl pellet (owl poop)
14.Mr. Jackson takes his students outside to the sidewalk where a puddle
of water has just evaporated. He asks a student to place her hand where
the puddle was and the other hand where there was no puddle of water.
The sidewalk will feel
ANScooler where the puddle was than where there was no puddle
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,15.The particles in an atom that are negatively charged are
ANSelectrons
16.The gravitational pull of two objects depends on
ANSthe mass of the two objects
17.Metals are good in that electric current can flow
freely down/through them.
ANSconductors
18.In a magnet, opposite sides and same sides .
ANSat- tract, repel
19. A tree going through photosynthesis is using what type of energy
ANS-
chemical energy
20. are atoms that have lost or gained one or more
.
ANSions, electrons
21. These are made up of atoms that are held together by chemical bonds.-
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, ANSmolecules
22. when warmer, lighter air at the Equator moves toward
the cooler air at the poles.
ANSconvection currents
23. are made up of metals and rocky material, while
are made up of ice, dust, and rocky material.
ANSasteroids, comets
24.This event in history was pivotal in that it galvanized the US space
program and started what is known as the Space Race.
ANSThe launch of Russia's Sputnik
25.A picture demonstrating the water cycle is an example of the
ANShydros- phere
26.When metal rusts, this is called
ANSchemical weathering
27.The earth is getting hotter because
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Questions and Answers (Verified)
1. These rocks were originally liquid, below the earth's crust and are
formed by lava and magma
ANSigneous
2. This type of rock is formed by heat and pressure
ANSmetamorphic
3. 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.
ANSsedimentary rocks
4. 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
ANSEarth's tilt on its axis
1/4
,5. The sun appears bigger than other stars because of
ANSthe distance the Earth is from the Sun
6. The affects the ocean tides
ANSMoon
7. What keeps the earth from falling into the Sun
ANS- 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
8. The best way for a student to understand the sexual reproductive
organs of a flower is to
ANSdissect a flower and examine its reproductive organs
9. As random genetic mutations occur within an organism's genetic
code, the beneficial mutations are preserved because they aid survival.
This is called
ANSnatural selection
2/4
,10.Evolution occurs in
ANSpopulations
11.The 6 different kingdoms are
ANSplante, animalia, fungi, protista, eubacteria, archaebacteria
12.Ms. Smith is teaching her students that cells divide to make other
cells. Ms. Smith is teaching
ANScell theory
13.Ms. Rodriguez wants students to understand the diet of an owl. The
best way for students to understand this is by
ANSdissecting an owl pellet (owl poop)
14.Mr. Jackson takes his students outside to the sidewalk where a puddle
of water has just evaporated. He asks a student to place her hand where
the puddle was and the other hand where there was no puddle of water.
The sidewalk will feel
ANScooler where the puddle was than where there was no puddle
3/4
,15.The particles in an atom that are negatively charged are
ANSelectrons
16.The gravitational pull of two objects depends on
ANSthe mass of the two objects
17.Metals are good in that electric current can flow
freely down/through them.
ANSconductors
18.In a magnet, opposite sides and same sides .
ANSat- tract, repel
19. A tree going through photosynthesis is using what type of energy
ANS-
chemical energy
20. are atoms that have lost or gained one or more
.
ANSions, electrons
21. These are made up of atoms that are held together by chemical bonds.-
4/4
, ANSmolecules
22. when warmer, lighter air at the Equator moves toward
the cooler air at the poles.
ANSconvection currents
23. are made up of metals and rocky material, while
are made up of ice, dust, and rocky material.
ANSasteroids, comets
24.This event in history was pivotal in that it galvanized the US space
program and started what is known as the Space Race.
ANSThe launch of Russia's Sputnik
25.A picture demonstrating the water cycle is an example of the
ANShydros- phere
26.When metal rusts, this is called
ANSchemical weathering
27.The earth is getting hotter because
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