FTCE K-6 SCIENCE FINAL PAPER 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔transpiration - ✔✔The process of giving off moisture or water vapor from the surface
of leaves is called ____________.
✔✔condensation - ✔✔The transformation of water vapor to liquid water droplets in the
air, producing clouds, is called ____________.
✔✔water vapor - ✔✔Water in the form of mist or tiny particles of water in the air is
called ____________.
✔✔infiltration - ✔✔The flow of water on the ground surface into the ground is called
____________.
✔✔the transfer of heat energy by the actual movement of heated molecules that move
from place to place and the transfer of heat that takes place in fluids. - ✔✔The transfer
of heat by convection is
✔✔Radiant energy transfers heat energy from molecule to molecule. - ✔✔Choose the
answer that is false.
✔✔True - ✔✔Earth's topography is a factor in allowing evaporation of water to take
place.
✔✔5 layers - ✔✔Earth's atmosphere is divided into
✔✔False - ✔✔Approximately half the air in an air mass has the same relative
temperature and humidity.
✔✔True - ✔✔A front is a boundary between two air masses.
✔✔the curved shape of Earth and areas of Earth are heated unequally - ✔✔There are
six wind belts on Earth. What causes these wind belts?
✔✔infiltration - ✔✔Which of the following is not a storage place for water?
✔✔sinkhole - ✔✔Which of the following is caused by a collapse of limestone?
✔✔contamination - ✔✔Which of the following may be the result of leaching?
✔✔percolation - ✔✔What best describes soil absorption?
, ✔✔light from the sun reflects off the Moon in different ways, showing different shapes. -
✔✔Which of the following responses accurately states the cause(s) for the phases of
the moon?
✔✔29.5 days - ✔✔What is the average time between one full moon to the next full
moon?
✔✔Earth's tilted rotation on its axis and its orbit (revolution) around the sun. - ✔✔Which
one of the following responses cause the changes we see in seasons?
✔✔seasons - ✔✔If Earth's axis were vertical instead of tilted, we would not have:
✔✔The gravitational pull from the moon on Earth's waters. - ✔✔What causes our high
tides?
✔✔Venus and Uranus - ✔✔Which two planets rotate clockwise?
✔✔Jupiter - ✔✔________ is the largest planet in the solar system.
✔✔Mars - ✔✔Which planet is most like Earth?
✔✔A planet's year is the time it takes to make one complete orbit. - ✔✔Which of the
following is a true statement?
✔✔A comet has an elongated elliptical orbit, a comet's head is made up of rocks, dust
and frozen gases, and A comet's tail flies in a direction away from the sun as the comet
curves around the sun. - ✔✔Which of the following is/are not true about comets?
✔✔False - ✔✔It is hotter in the summer because Earth is orbiting closer to the sun at
that time.
✔✔True - ✔✔Earth's axis always points to the North Star as Earth orbits the sun.
✔✔False - ✔✔The outer planets are closer together than are the inner planets.
✔✔Sputnik - ✔✔What was the name of the spacecraft that inaugurated the Space Race
in the late 1950s?
✔✔False - ✔✔The Mercury was a probe that obtained close-ups of the Moon's surface.
✔✔Apollo - ✔✔Which manned missions were completed with astronauts using a
moonrover to explore the surface of Earth's moon?
AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔transpiration - ✔✔The process of giving off moisture or water vapor from the surface
of leaves is called ____________.
✔✔condensation - ✔✔The transformation of water vapor to liquid water droplets in the
air, producing clouds, is called ____________.
✔✔water vapor - ✔✔Water in the form of mist or tiny particles of water in the air is
called ____________.
✔✔infiltration - ✔✔The flow of water on the ground surface into the ground is called
____________.
✔✔the transfer of heat energy by the actual movement of heated molecules that move
from place to place and the transfer of heat that takes place in fluids. - ✔✔The transfer
of heat by convection is
✔✔Radiant energy transfers heat energy from molecule to molecule. - ✔✔Choose the
answer that is false.
✔✔True - ✔✔Earth's topography is a factor in allowing evaporation of water to take
place.
✔✔5 layers - ✔✔Earth's atmosphere is divided into
✔✔False - ✔✔Approximately half the air in an air mass has the same relative
temperature and humidity.
✔✔True - ✔✔A front is a boundary between two air masses.
✔✔the curved shape of Earth and areas of Earth are heated unequally - ✔✔There are
six wind belts on Earth. What causes these wind belts?
✔✔infiltration - ✔✔Which of the following is not a storage place for water?
✔✔sinkhole - ✔✔Which of the following is caused by a collapse of limestone?
✔✔contamination - ✔✔Which of the following may be the result of leaching?
✔✔percolation - ✔✔What best describes soil absorption?
, ✔✔light from the sun reflects off the Moon in different ways, showing different shapes. -
✔✔Which of the following responses accurately states the cause(s) for the phases of
the moon?
✔✔29.5 days - ✔✔What is the average time between one full moon to the next full
moon?
✔✔Earth's tilted rotation on its axis and its orbit (revolution) around the sun. - ✔✔Which
one of the following responses cause the changes we see in seasons?
✔✔seasons - ✔✔If Earth's axis were vertical instead of tilted, we would not have:
✔✔The gravitational pull from the moon on Earth's waters. - ✔✔What causes our high
tides?
✔✔Venus and Uranus - ✔✔Which two planets rotate clockwise?
✔✔Jupiter - ✔✔________ is the largest planet in the solar system.
✔✔Mars - ✔✔Which planet is most like Earth?
✔✔A planet's year is the time it takes to make one complete orbit. - ✔✔Which of the
following is a true statement?
✔✔A comet has an elongated elliptical orbit, a comet's head is made up of rocks, dust
and frozen gases, and A comet's tail flies in a direction away from the sun as the comet
curves around the sun. - ✔✔Which of the following is/are not true about comets?
✔✔False - ✔✔It is hotter in the summer because Earth is orbiting closer to the sun at
that time.
✔✔True - ✔✔Earth's axis always points to the North Star as Earth orbits the sun.
✔✔False - ✔✔The outer planets are closer together than are the inner planets.
✔✔Sputnik - ✔✔What was the name of the spacecraft that inaugurated the Space Race
in the late 1950s?
✔✔False - ✔✔The Mercury was a probe that obtained close-ups of the Moon's surface.
✔✔Apollo - ✔✔Which manned missions were completed with astronauts using a
moonrover to explore the surface of Earth's moon?
