Science Questions Answers

16 FTCE Prekindergarten/Primary PK-3 Science Questions & Answers 1.The study of the physical universe surrounding us ANS Physical Science 2.Anything that has mass and takes up space ANS Matter 3.Anything that does not have mass or occupy space, but affects matter and space ANS Energy Level 4.3 States of matter ANS Solid, liquid, gas 5.Viscosity ANS Flow resistance 6.The gaseous form of a substance that is solid/liquid at lower temperatures- ANS Vapor 7.Maintain their shape when they are not inside 1 / 3

16 containers Have the most cohesive molecules Most attracted to each other ANS Solids 8.Have no definite shape Have a definite volume Are buoyant Can diffuse Cohesion of molecules draws them together ANS Liquids 9.Least cohesive Do not maintain a definite shape Can be elementary or compound ANS Gas 10.Composed of only one kind of chemical element ANS Elementary Gas 11.Molecules containing more that one kind of chemical element ANS Compound Gas 12.When light hits a smooth surface like a mirror, it bounces back off that surface ANS Reflection 2 / 3

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ANS Absorp- tion of Light 14.The property of some objects/substances have of attracting other materi- als ANS Magnetism 15.Opposite poles ANS Attract 16.Like poles ANS Repel 17.Materials that line up parallel to magnetic force fields ANS Paramagnetic 18.Materials that line up perpendicular to magnetic force field lines ANS Diamag- netic 19.The smallest units of all matter ANS Atoms 20.Materials that have little or no ability to conduct electricity ANS Electrical Insu- lators