1. Which of the following statements uses the process skill of inferring?
a.
The earth is larger than the moon.
b.
The elephant is eating hay and grass.
c.
There is a lot of dew on the ground from the fog.
d.
We used three gallons of detergent making bubble mixture.
ANSWER:
c
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
MS.CHAR.08.02.01 – Describe the importance of the science framework and standards, the
relationship of science and literacy, science as inquiry and as engineering design, and the
content areas of science.
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
United States – NAEYC.5a – Use content knowledge in mathematics and science.
KEYWORDS:
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding
2. Asking children to construct a graph to show how many beans have sprouted is an example of what process skill?
a.
Communication
b.
Predicting
c.
Inferring
d.
Classifying
ANSWER:
a
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
MS.CHAR.08.02.01 – Describe the importance of the science framework and standards, the
relationship of science and literacy, science as inquiry and as engineering design, and the
content areas of science.
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
United States – NAEYC.5a – Use content knowledge in mathematics and science.
KEYWORDS:
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding
3. Which of the following is not a scientific attitude?
a.
Withholding judgment
b.
Skepticism
c.
Curiosity
d.
Cause and effect
ANSWER:
d
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
MS.CHAR.08.02.01 – Describe the importance of the science framework and standards, the
relationship of science and literacy, science as inquiry and as engineering design, and the
content areas of science.
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
United States – NAEYC.5a – Use content knowledge in mathematics and science.
KEYWORDS:
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding
4. Which process skill is most appropriate for use with older children?
a.
Observation
b.
Predicting
c.
Measuring
d.
Classifying
ANSWER:
b
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
MS.CHAR.08.02.01 – Describe the importance of the science framework and standards, the
relationship of science and literacy, science as inquiry and as engineering design, and the
content areas of science.
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
United States – NAEYC.5a – Use content knowledge in mathematics and science.
KEYWORDS:
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding
5. Which process skill is most appropriate for use with preschool and primary children?
a.
Observing
b.
Classifying
c.
Measuring
d.
All of the above
ANSWER:
d
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
MS.CHAR.08.02.01 – Describe the importance of the science framework and standards, the
relationship of science and literacy, science as inquiry and as engineering design, and the
content areas of science.
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
United States – NAEYC.5a – Use content knowledge in mathematics and science.
KEYWORDS:
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding
6. The most fundamental of the scientific thinking process skills is
a.
inquiry.
b.
observation.
c.
measuring.
d.
comparing.
ANSWER:
b
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
MS.CHAR.08.02.01 – Describe the importance of the science framework and standards, the
relationship of science and literacy, science as inquiry and as engineering design, and the
content areas of science.
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
United States – NAEYC.5a – Use content knowledge in mathematics and science.
KEYWORDS:
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding
7. Inferring is
a.
most appropriate for middle-level children.
b.
arrived at indirectly.
c.
reasonable assumption of prior knowledge
d.
all of these answers.
ANSWER:
d
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
MS.CHAR.08.02.01 – Describe the importance of the science framework and standards, the
relationship of science and literacy, science as inquiry and as engineering design, and the
content areas of science.
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
United States – NAEYC.5a – Use content knowledge in mathematics and science.
KEYWORDS:
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding
8. Which of the following are scientific attitudes?
a.
Positive approach to failure and self-image
b.
Curiosity
c.
Skepticism
d.
All of these answers
ANSWER:
d
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
MS.CHAR.08.02.01 – Describe the importance of the science framework and standards, the
relationship of science and literacy, science as inquiry and as engineering design, and the
content areas of science.
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
United States – NAEYC.5a – Use content knowledge in mathematics and science.
KEYWORDS:
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding
9. The four main areas of science emphasis common in primary grades include which of the following?
a.
Biology
b.
Chemistry
c.
Physics
d.
None of these answers
ANSWER:
d
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
MS.CHAR.08.02.01 – Describe the importance of the science framework and standards, the
relationship of science and literacy, science as inquiry and as engineering design, and the
content areas of science.
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
United States – NAEYC.5a – Use content knowledge in mathematics and science.
KEYWORDS:
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding
10. The comparing process is the first step toward classification.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
True
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
MS.CHAR.08.02.01 – Describe the importance of the science framework and standards, the
relationship of science and literacy, science as inquiry and as engineering design, and the
content areas of science.
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
United States – NAEYC.5a – Use content knowledge in mathematics and science.
KEYWORDS:
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding
11. An appropriate process skill for older children is predicting.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
True
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
MS.CHAR.08.02.01 – Describe the importance of the science framework and standards, the
relationship of science and literacy, science as inquiry and as engineering design, and the
content areas of science.
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
United States – NAEYC.5a – Use content knowledge in mathematics and science.
KEYWORDS:
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding
12. Observation is the most fundamental of the scientific thinking process skills.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
True
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
MS.CHAR.08.02.01 – Describe the importance of the science framework and standards, the
relationship of science and literacy, science as inquiry and as engineering design, and the
content areas of science.
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
United States – NAEYC.5a – Use content knowledge in mathematics and science.
KEYWORDS:
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding
13. Inferring is a skill that preschool children have no problem developing.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
MS.CHAR.08.02.01 – Describe the importance of the science framework and standards, the
relationship of science and literacy, science as inquiry and as engineering design, and the
content areas of science.
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
United States – NAEYC.5a – Use content knowledge in mathematics and science.
KEYWORDS:
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding
14. Experiments are most appropriate with preschool and primary children.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
MS.CHAR.08.02.01 – Describe the importance of the science framework and standards, the
relationship of science and literacy, science as inquiry and as engineering design, and the
content areas of science.
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
United States – NAEYC.5a – Use content knowledge in mathematics and science.
KEYWORDS:
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding
15. One of the most valuable attitudes possessed by anyone is curiosity.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
True
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
MS.CHAR.08.02.01 – Describe the importance of the science framework and standards, the
relationship of science and literacy, science as inquiry and as engineering design, and the
content areas of science.
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
United States – NAEYC.5a – Use content knowledge in mathematics and science.
KEYWORDS:
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding
16. Science does not provide opportunities to determine cause-and-effect relationships.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
MS.CHAR.08.02.01 – Describe the importance of the science framework and standards, the
relationship of science and literacy, science as inquiry and as engineering design, and the
content areas of science.
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
United States – NAEYC.5a – Use content knowledge in mathematics and science.
KEYWORDS:
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding
17. Four main areas of science emphasis common in primary grades are life science, health science, physical science, and
biology.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
MS.CHAR.08.02.01 – Describe the importance of the science framework and standards, the
relationship of science and literacy, science as inquiry and as engineering design, and the
content areas of science.
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
United States – NAEYC.5a – Use content knowledge in mathematics and science.
KEYWORDS:
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding
18. The study of physical sciences is about matter, motion, energy, and waves.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
True
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
MS.CHAR.08.02.01 – Describe the importance of the science framework and standards, the
relationship of science and literacy, science as inquiry and as engineering design, and the
content areas of science.
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
United States – NAEYC.5a – Use content knowledge in mathematics and science.
KEYWORDS:
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding
Match each item with the correct statement below.
a.
comparing
d.
measuring
b.
observation
e.
subset
c.
classifying
19. Grouping and sorting real objects
ANSWER:
c
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
MS.CHAR.08.02.01 – Describe the importance of the science framework and standards, the
relationship of science and literacy, science as inquiry and as engineering design, and the
content areas of science.
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
United States – NAEYC.5a – Use content knowledge in mathematics and science.
KEYWORDS:
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding
20. The skill of quantifying observations
ANSWER:
d
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
MS.CHAR.08.02.01 – Describe the importance of the science framework and standards, the
relationship of science and literacy, science as inquiry and as engineering design, and the
content areas of science.
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
United States – NAEYC.5a – Use content knowledge in mathematics and science.
KEYWORDS:
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding
21. A group that shares a common characteristic unique to that group
ANSWER:
e
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
MS.CHAR.08.02.01 – Describe the importance of the science framework and standards, the
relationship of science and literacy, science as inquiry and as engineering design, and the
content areas of science.
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
United States – NAEYC.5a – Use content knowledge in mathematics and science.
KEYWORDS:
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding
22. Identifying likenesses and differences
ANSWER:
a
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
MS.CHAR.08.02.01 – Describe the importance of the science framework and standards, the
relationship of science and literacy, science as inquiry and as engineering design, and the
content areas of science.
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
United States – NAEYC.5a – Use content knowledge in mathematics and science.
KEYWORDS:
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding
23. First step in gathering information to solve a problem
ANSWER:
b
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
MS.CHAR.08.02.01 – Describe the importance of the science framework and standards, the
relationship of science and literacy, science as inquiry and as engineering design, and the
content areas of science.
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
United States – NAEYC.5a – Use content knowledge in mathematics and science.
KEYWORDS:
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding
24. Hands-on science programs aid in the development of _________________________ and reading skills.
ANSWER:
language
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
MS.CHAR.08.02.01 – Describe the importance of the science framework and standards, the
relationship of science and literacy, science as inquiry and as engineering design, and the
content areas of science.
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
United States – NAEYC.5a – Use content knowledge in mathematics and science.
KEYWORDS:
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding
25. One of the most valuable science attitudes possessed by anyone is ____________________.
ANSWER:
curiosity
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
MS.CHAR.08.02.01 – Describe the importance of the science framework and standards, the
relationship of science and literacy, science as inquiry and as engineering design, and the
content areas of science.
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
United States – NAEYC.5a – Use content knowledge in mathematics and science.
KEYWORDS:
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding
26. _________________________ is the most fundamental of the scientific thinking process skills.
ANSWER:
Observation
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
MS.CHAR.08.02.01 – Describe the importance of the science framework and standards, the
relationship of science and literacy, science as inquiry and as engineering design, and the
content areas of science.
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
United States – NAEYC.5a – Use content knowledge in mathematics and science.
KEYWORDS:
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding
27. The comparing process builds upon the ____________________ process.
ANSWER:
observing
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
MS.CHAR.08.02.01 – Describe the importance of the science framework and standards, the
relationship of science and literacy, science as inquiry and as engineering design, and the
content areas of science.
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
United States – NAEYC.5a – Use content knowledge in mathematics and science.
KEYWORDS:
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding
28. ____________________ can involve numbers, distance, time, volume, and temperature.
ANSWER:
Measuring
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
MS.CHAR.08.02.01 – Describe the importance of the science framework and standards, the
relationship of science and literacy, science as inquiry and as engineering design, and the
content areas of science.
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
United States – NAEYC.5a – Use content knowledge in mathematics and science.
KEYWORDS:
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding