FTCE PREK-3 Science UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Observation - CORRECT ANSWER - Scientific inquiry begins with
Scientific Knowledge - CORRECT ANSWER - Empirical
Robert Hooke - CORRECT ANSWER - Developed the principal of elasticity that is still used
today
Utilitarianism - CORRECT ANSWER - A theory of ethics that prescribes the quantitative
maximization of good consequences for a population.
Is a form of consequentialism.
Kantianism - CORRECT ANSWER - Theory by Immanuel Kant, a German philosopher who
lived from 1724-1804, which ascribes intrinsic value to rational beings & is the philosophical
foundation of contemporary human rights.
Social contract theory - CORRECT ANSWER - View of the ancient Greeks that states that a
person's moral &/or political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement among
people to form society.
Venus - CORRECT ANSWER - Planet with retrograde rotation
Earth - CORRECT ANSWER - Considered a water planet, with 70% of its surface covered by
water.
Mercury - CORRECT ANSWER - The closest planet to the Sun. Its surface has craters &
rocks.
, The law of Momentum Conservation - CORRECT ANSWER - states that when 2 objects
collide in an isolated system, the total momentum of the 2 objects before the collision is equal to
the total momentum of the 2 objects after the collision.
The law of Conservation of Energy - CORRECT ANSWER - states that energy can neither be
created nor destroyed.
Jupiter - CORRECT ANSWER - Largest planet in the solar system
Uranus - CORRECT ANSWER - 3rd largest planet in the solar system. It has retrograde
revolution.
Saturn - CORRECT ANSWER - 2nd largest planet in the solar system. It has rings of ice,
rock, & duct particles circling it.
Meteoroids - CORRECT ANSWER - Composed of particles of rock & metal of various sizes.
Meteorites - CORRECT ANSWER - are meteors that strike Earth's surface.
Nonrenewable resource - CORRECT ANSWER - Replaced on a timescale that is very long
relative to human lifespans.
Gas - CORRECT ANSWER - Type of matter, extremely light & does not have any weight.
Chemical property - CORRECT ANSWER - Ability of a substance to be changed into a new
substance.
Homeostasis - CORRECT ANSWER - Result of regulatory mechanisms that help maintain an
organism's internal environment within tolerable limits.
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Observation - CORRECT ANSWER - Scientific inquiry begins with
Scientific Knowledge - CORRECT ANSWER - Empirical
Robert Hooke - CORRECT ANSWER - Developed the principal of elasticity that is still used
today
Utilitarianism - CORRECT ANSWER - A theory of ethics that prescribes the quantitative
maximization of good consequences for a population.
Is a form of consequentialism.
Kantianism - CORRECT ANSWER - Theory by Immanuel Kant, a German philosopher who
lived from 1724-1804, which ascribes intrinsic value to rational beings & is the philosophical
foundation of contemporary human rights.
Social contract theory - CORRECT ANSWER - View of the ancient Greeks that states that a
person's moral &/or political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement among
people to form society.
Venus - CORRECT ANSWER - Planet with retrograde rotation
Earth - CORRECT ANSWER - Considered a water planet, with 70% of its surface covered by
water.
Mercury - CORRECT ANSWER - The closest planet to the Sun. Its surface has craters &
rocks.
, The law of Momentum Conservation - CORRECT ANSWER - states that when 2 objects
collide in an isolated system, the total momentum of the 2 objects before the collision is equal to
the total momentum of the 2 objects after the collision.
The law of Conservation of Energy - CORRECT ANSWER - states that energy can neither be
created nor destroyed.
Jupiter - CORRECT ANSWER - Largest planet in the solar system
Uranus - CORRECT ANSWER - 3rd largest planet in the solar system. It has retrograde
revolution.
Saturn - CORRECT ANSWER - 2nd largest planet in the solar system. It has rings of ice,
rock, & duct particles circling it.
Meteoroids - CORRECT ANSWER - Composed of particles of rock & metal of various sizes.
Meteorites - CORRECT ANSWER - are meteors that strike Earth's surface.
Nonrenewable resource - CORRECT ANSWER - Replaced on a timescale that is very long
relative to human lifespans.
Gas - CORRECT ANSWER - Type of matter, extremely light & does not have any weight.
Chemical property - CORRECT ANSWER - Ability of a substance to be changed into a new
substance.
Homeostasis - CORRECT ANSWER - Result of regulatory mechanisms that help maintain an
organism's internal environment within tolerable limits.
