Science for Elementary Teachers
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Course Introduction
Science for Elementary Teachers is a course designed to provide future educators with a strong foundation in scientific concepts and effective instructional strategies for teaching science at the elementary level. The course emphasizes hands-on, inquiry-based learning and covers key topics from life, earth, and physical sciences, aligned with national and state standards. Students explore ways to engage young learners in scientific thinking, develop lesson plans, use age-appropriate assessments, and create a supportive classroom environment that fosters curiosity and critical thinking in science. Through practical activities and reflection, participants gain confidence and skills to inspire a love of science in their future classrooms.
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An Introduction to Physical Science 13th Edition by James Shipman
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Chapter 1: Temperature and Heat
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Q1) Which has a larger mass, a liter of water or a liter of mercury (a liquid metal)?
A) mercury
B) water
C) none of these
Answer: A
Q2) There are 10 mm in a(n) ______________.
Answer: centimeter
Q3) In the metric mks system of units, the letter m stands for ______________.
Answer: meter
Q4) One liter of pure water at its maximum density has a mass of 1 ______________. Answer: kg
Q5) One microgram ( g) contains how many grams?
A) 10<sup>-3</sup>
B) 10<sup>-6</sup>
C) 10<sup>-9</sup>
D) 10<sup>3</sup>
Answer: B
Q6) A proposed concept or model of nature is tested using the ______________.
Answer: scientific method
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Chapter 2: Waves and Sound
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Q1) Speed is a(n) ______________ quantity.
Answer: scalar
Q2) Temperature is an example of a(n) ______________ quantity.
Answer: scalar
Q3) A projectile's horizontal velocity component (ignoring air resistance)
A) does not change.
B) changes most rapidly near the bottom of its trajectory.
C) changes at a variable rate.
D) changes at a constant rate.
Answer: A
Q4) An object that is moving in a linear path with an acceleration at a right angle to the motion has a(n) ______________ velocity.
A) changing
B) increasing
C) decreasing
D) constant
Answer: A
Q5) The straight-line distance and direction between two points are, together, called ______________.
Answer: displacement
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Chapter 3: Optics and Wave Effects
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Q1) In the equation A = B/C, the B and C are said to be _______________ proportional.
A) directly
B) inversely
C) not
D) exactly
Answer: A
Q2) ______________ principle explains why objects float or sink in a fluid.
A) Newton's
B) Pascal's
C) Bernoulli's
D) Archimedes'
Answer: D
Q3) The total linear momentum of an isolated system of masses remains the same if there are no external ______________ acting on the system.
A) forces
B) torques
C) unbalanced forces
D) unbalanced torques
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Electricity and Magnetism
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Q1) The kinetic energy of a pendulum is ______________ at the bottom of its swing.
Q2) Which of the following is not a unit of power?
A) ft ·<sup> </sup>lb/s
B) kW ·<sup> </sup>h
C) J/s
D) watt
Q3) For which of the following reasons is production of ethanol unwise?
A) Pollutants aren't significantly reduced.
B) It takes twice as much fossil-fuel energy to produce ethanol than the ethanol that is produced supplies.
C) It can drive costs of corn higher.
D) All of the above.
Q4) Work is the process by which energy is ______________.
Q5) One positive aspect of the potential use of methane hydrate as a fuel is that
A) there is more of it than there is of coal, oil, and natural gas.
B) it is easy to mine.
C) its use will never contribute to global warming.
D) it exists in a pure form ready for use.
Q6) A 2-hp motor can do the same amount of work as a 1-hp motor in ______________ the time.
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Chapter 5: Atomic Physics
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Q1) Below 4°C, water ______________ with decreasing temperature.
Q2) An ideal gas is confined to a container with an adjustable volume. If the number of molecules and the temperature are held constant, by what factor will the volume change when the pressure is quintupled?
A) 25
B) 0.2
C) 0.04
D) 5
Q3) The Fahrenheit scale has a ___________ degree size than the Celsius scale.
Q4) A(n) ______________ transfers heat from a low-temperature reservoir to a high-temperature reservoir.
Q5) How much heat is necessary to change 30 g of water at 100°C into steam at 100°C?
A) 0.24 kcal
B) 16200 kcal
C) 16.2 kcal
D) 2.4 kcal
Q6) The second law of thermodynamics forbids a heat engine to have thermal efficiency of ______________.
Q7) Solids, liquids, and gases are called ______________ of matter.
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Chapter 6: Nuclear Physics
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Q1) A train sounding its horn is moving toward an observer. The pitch of the horn's sound relative to its normal pitch is A) lower.
B) sometimes higher and sometimes lower. C) higher.
D) the same.
Q2) Wave velocity is inversely proportional to A) period.
B) wavelength.
C) amplitude.
D) all of these.
Q3) Wave frequency could be given in A) 1/s.
B) s<sup>-1</sup>
C) Hz.
D) any of these.
Q4) What is the frequency, in hertz, of a sound wave (v = 340 m/s) with a wavelength of 0.20 m?
Q5) A particular sound with large intensity is reduced 1000-fold. What is the decibel reduction?
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Chapter 7: The Chemical Elements
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Q1) The image of a convex mirror is always
A) virtual, inverted, and larger.
B) virtual, upright, and smaller.
C) real, upright, and smaller.
D) real, inverted, and larger.
Q2) ______________ waves cannot be polarized.
Q3) A particular material has an index of refraction of 1.25. What percent of the speed of light in a vacuum is the speed of light in the material?
Q4) The speed of light in a particular transparent medium is 1/8 the speed of light in a vacuum. What is the index of refraction of the material?
A) 2.7
B) 0.38
C) 8
D) 0.13
Q5) Unlike spherical mirrors, spherical lenses do not have a focal length equal to _____________.
Q6) FM radio reception may be blocked by buildings because the wavelengths are too short to be ______________ around buildings.
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Chapter 8: Chemical Bonding
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Q1) If a positively charged object is brought near a suspended, positively charged object, the suspended object will be
A) repelled.
B) charged more.
C) discharged.
D) attracted.
Q2) The electrical power dissipated by a resistance R is A) inversely proportional to I.
B) directly proportional to I<sup>2</sup>.
C) directly proportional to I.
D) none of these.
Q3) The voltage in a house is measured to be 122.5 V. What is the current drawn by a 75.0-W light bulb?
Q4) A(n) ______________ is an elementary particle with a charge of -1.6 \(\times\)10<sup>-19</sup> C.
A) electron
B) neutron
C) proton
D) atom
Q5) According to the law of charges, unlike charges _________.
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Chapter 9: Chemical Reactions
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Q1) When an electron in an atom falls from a higher energy level to a lower one, a ______________ is ______________.
A) proton; absorbed
B) proton; emitted
C) photon; absorbed
D) photon; emitted
Q2) If the energy of n = 4 is -0.85 eV and that of n = 2 is -3.40 eV in a hydrogen atom, a transition from n = 4 to n = 2 will release a photon of what energy?
Q3) Addition of an electron to an atom leaves a A) neutron.
B) positive ion.
C) free quark.
D) negative ion.
Q4) Tripling the frequency of a photon would ______________ its energy.
Q5) A CD player uses a laser whose light frequency is 3.85 \(\times\)10<sup>14 </sup>Hz. Calculate the energy, in joules, of the photons.
Q6) The most modern model of the atom is known as the ______________ model.
Q7) Thomson discovered the ______________ in 1897.
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Chapter 10: Organic Chemistry
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Q1) The process of obtaining energy by merging small nuclei is called
A) fission.
B) fusion.
C) nucleogenesis.
D) bombardment.
Q2) An endoergic reaction
A) releases energy.
B) requires a high temperature.
C) occurs only in stars.
D) absorbs energy.
Q3) After three half-lives have elapsed, what fraction of the original amount of radionuclide remains?
A) 1/3
B) 1/4
C) 1/8
D) None of these
Q4) The time it takes for one-half of a sample of a radionuclide to decay is called its ______________.
Q5) Isotopes of an element differ in their numbers of ______________.
Q6) The symbol for the element whose atoms contain 28 protons is ______________.
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Chapter 11: Place and Time
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Q1) The chemical properties of chlorine and bromine are similar because both A) are nonmetals and they are close together in the periodic table.
B) have seven valence electrons.
C) have two electrons in the first shell.
D) are in the same period.
Q2) The second shell of an atom can hold a maximum of ______________ electrons.
Q3) A solution in which more of the solute could be dissolved at the same temperature is called a(n) ______________ solution.
Q4) Aluminum is an example of
A) a compound.
B) a solution.
C) an element.
D) an alloy.
Q5) An example of a diatomic molecule of a compound is
A) P<sub>4</sub>.
B) NO<sub>2</sub>.
C) N<sub>2</sub>.
D) CO.
Q6) The shell electron configuration for an argon atom is ______________.
Q7) The electrons in the outermost shell are called ______________ electrons.
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Chapter 13: The Solar System
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Q1) By definition, the removal of oxygen from a compound is called A) neutralization.
B) reduction.
C) oxidation.
D) displacement.
Q2) How many atoms of oxygen are contained in 44 g of carbon dioxide, CO<sub>2</sub>?
A) 3.01 \(\times\) 10<sup>23</sup>
B) 12.0 \(\times\) 10<sup>23</sup>
C) 6.02 \(\times\) 10<sup>23</sup>
D) None of these
Q3) Balance the chemical equation: Bi<sub>2</sub>S<sub>3</sub>+ O<sub>2</sub> \(\to\)Bi<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> + SO<sub>2</sub>
Q4) The process of melting lead is an example of A) a physical change.
B) a chemical change.
C) a physical property.
D) a chemical property.
Q5) Balance the chemical equation: NO<sub>2</sub> + H<sub>2</sub>O \(\to\) HNO<sub>3</sub> + NO
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Chapter 15: Moons and Small Solar System Bodies
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Q1) Six months of darkness at the North Pole begins when the Sun is at the A) winter solstice.
B) summer solstice.
C) autumnal equinox.
D) vernal equinox.
Q2) Determine the distance in nautical miles between point A, located at 45°N, 75°W, and point B, located at 30°S, 75°W.
Q3) At different times of the year, the Sun appears to be in different parts of the sky among different groups of stars. This is so because
A) Earth revolves about the Sun.
B) the Sun rotates on its axis.
C) the Sun moves through space.
D) stars move.
E) Earth rotates on its axis.
Q4) A ______________ is always longer than a ______________ .
A) solar day; sidereal day
B) solar day; mean solar day
C) sidereal day; solar day
D) mean solar day; solar day
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Chapter 16: The Universe
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Q1) Which of the following planets can be in opposition?
A) Mercury
B) Venus
C) Earth
D) Neptune
Q2) According to today's classification system, how many major planets are there in the solar system?
A) 10
B) 9
C) 8
D) 11
Q3) At present, the formation of the solar system is believed by most astronomers to have begun with a large, swirling volume of cold gas and dust called the ______________ nebula.
A) condensation
B) primordial
C) accretion
D) celestial
Q4) "Canals" are a feature once associated with the planet ______________.
Q5) The Great Red Spot is a feature of ______________.
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Chapter 17: The Atmosphere
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Q1) The first-quarter Moon sets at approximately
A) midnight.
B) noon.
C) 6 P.M.
D) 6 A.M.
Q2) The central, completely dark portion of a shadow is call the ______________.
Q3) Comets are visible chiefly because of reflected ______________.
Q4) ______________ tides occur during the first-quarter and last-quarter moon phases.
Q5) The Moon is on an observer's meridian about ______________ minutes later each day.
Q6) The local solar time at 75°W is 12:00 noon. What is the longitude of an observer who sees the full moon on her meridian at this time?
A) 105°E
B) 75°E
C) 15°E
D) 15°W
E) None of the above
Q7) Sunlight reflected from interplanetary dust results in the appearance of
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Chapter 19: Atmospheric Effects
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Q1) The blueness of the sky results from ______________.
Q2) Exploration of this part of the atmosphere was conducted in the nineteenth century with hot-air balloons.
A) Stratosphere
B) Troposphere
C) Mesosphere
D) Thermosphere
Q3) Nimbus means
A) "poorly formed."
B) "curl."
C) "heap."
D) none of these.
Q4) The air pressure is 14.8 lb/in<sup>2</sup>.a. What is the approximate height, in centimeters, of a mercury column that this pressure would support?
b. What would be the height, in meters, of the column for a water barometer?
Q5) Carbon dioxide is removed from the air by ______________.
Q6) Meteorologists commonly measure and report (on radio and television) pressure in units of ______________.
Q7) A wind vane points in the direction ______________ the wind is blowing.
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Chapter 21: Structural Geology and Plate Tectonics
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Q1) Because of the ______________ zones formed by S and P waves as they travel through Earth, the outer core is thought to be a viscous liquid.
Q2) ______________ faulting occurs as the result of forces parallel to the fault plane.
Q3) The sharply defined boundary that separates the crust from the mantle is called
A) the lithosphere
B) the asthenosphere
C) the Mohorovicic discontinuity
D) none of the above.
Q4) Earth's mantle is
A) metallic.
B) very dense gas.
C) solid.
D) liquid.
Q5) What type of forces result in normal faulting?
A) Shear
B) Compressional
C) Expansive
D) Parallel
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Chapter 22: Minerals Rocks and Volcanoes
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Q1) Dripstone formations that form on cavern floors are called _____________.
A) stalactites
B) pool stones
C) stalagmites
D) sedimentary
Q2) Rocks solidified from molten material below ground are classified as ______________ igneous rocks.
Q3) Which of the following statements is false?
A) Dikes are discordant rock bodies.
B) Dikes are formed from magma.
C) Dikes are tabular in shape.
D) Dikes consist of extrusive igneous rock.
Q4) The saying "The present is the key to the past" is a simple way to state the basic geologic concept called ______________.
A) presentarianism
B) prepostanarism
C) uniformitarianism
D) formitarianism
Q5) A(n) ______________ is any mineral or other precious or semiprecious stone valued for its beauty.
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Chapter 23: Surface Processes
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Q1) Which of the following is not a main agent of erosion?
A) Permafrost
B) Ice
C) Wind
D) Streams
Q2) The measure of a material's capacity to transmit fluids is called the material's
Q3) The physical disintegration and chemical decomposition of rock at or near Earth's surface is called
A) weathering.
B) gradation.
C) erosion.
D) none of these.
Q4) How many tidal bulges "move" around Earth daily?
A) Two
B) Six
C) One
D) Four
Q5) A large body of permeable rock or soil through which groundwater moves is called a(n) ______________.
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Chapter 24: Geologic Time
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Q1) The Eocene is a geologic_______________.
Q2) The Eocene is a(n)
A) epoch.
B) era.
C) eon.
D) period.
Q3) The process of matching up rock layers in different localities by such means as index fossils is called
A) conformational analysis.
B) correlation.
C) indexation.
D) cross-cutting.
Q4) The Petrified National Forest is found in the state of ______________.
Q5) The Holocene is a(n) A) epoch.
B) era.
C) eon.
D) period.
Q6) Relative and absolute geologic times are combined to give the ______________ scale.
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