Science Flashcards
- Which of the following activities would be the most appropriate for teaching the concept of special relationships between the planets of the solar system?
Studying a list of planets and their distance from the sun
- Which graph would a student use to display data that shows how one variable changes in response to another variable?
Line graph
What would be the best practice to teach students what animal a barn owl consumes?
Students will research about barn owls in teams
Student A is struggling to understand the 4th grade concept of force and motion. The teacher pairs student A with student B who understands the concept. Together the students work in the science center to complete a guided activity incorporating various materials. Which of the following best supports the teacher’s use of this strategy?
Identify common misconceptions of student A
Which of the following activities would support the development of 1st grade students in both science and mathematics?
Sorting a collection of seeds based on size, shape, and color
- A kindergarten teacher has students with disabilities in his classroom daily during his science lesson and lab. Which of the following is the most appropriate to provide to ensure all students experience success?
Hands-on learning
- A 1 grade student drew the following concept map during a search for living things outside on the school grounds. Based on this data, what should the teacher reteach to this student to ensure mastery on the concept of animal classification? [insert diagram]
Characteristics of mammals and reptiles
- Which of the following types of computer software would be most useful for helping students understand how hurricanes form?
Simulation
Before conducting an experiment on dissolving sugar in water, the following statement is made “The greater the volume of water, the more sugar will be dissolved’” This statement is a(an)
Hypothesis
Which of the following types of telescopes use lenses to form the primary image?
Refraction or refractor
A group of 5th grade students designed an experiment to determine the effect of fertilizer on plant growth. They obtained ten small pots and placed equal amounts of potting soil in each pot. They planted seeds in each pot and placed the pots in the same sunny area. Each day they watered the plants with an equal amount of water. They also added equal amounts of fertilizer to the plants. Each week they measured the height of the plants. After four weeks, the plants had grown an average of 6 inches and the students concluded that the fertilizer had a positive effect on plant growth. Which of the following would best improve the students’ experiment so that their conclusions are plausible and valid?
Adding a control group
- Why are geologists important to the safety of transportation systems such as tunnels and
bridges?
They analyze information about soil and rock layers underneath the building site
- Which of the following processes represents a chemical change?
Iron rusting
- Which of the following form will water be in at a temperature of l0°C
Liquid
A floating paper clip on top of water is the result of the surface tension of the water.
What would be another example of surface tension?
Water generating drops
- Which is an example of potential energy?
A rock perched at the top of the hill
- Materials that do not conduct electric current easily are called
insulators.
The boundaries of the crustal plates
Are not the same as the boundaries of the major oceans
- On a steep-sided, cone-shaped mountain, a hiker pauses to inspect the surrounding rocks. The rocks are all dark gray to black in color and composed of large, rough crystals.
The hiker should conclude that these rocks are
Igneous
- There are different types of soil at different levels of Earth’s surface. Which of the following is the correct order for fertile soil layers, from the closest to the surface to the deepest?
Topsoil, subsoil, and rock
- A family heads to the beach on a calm sunny afternoon. When they arrive, they are surprised to feel a strong onshore breeze. Which of the following best explains why this family is feeling the blowing from the sea
Convection currents caused by unequal heating of land and water
- Moist air being forced to rise up over a mountain will likely
Cool and condense
- Which of the following models is currently used to depict our solar system?
Heliocentric
- Where is the moon in relation to the Earth and the Sun during the full moon phase?
The Moon is on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun