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NYSTCE Multi-subject Teachers of Childhood (grades 1-6) – 245 Exam – 96 Q’s and A’s
NYSTCE Multi-subject Teachers of Childhood (grades 1-6) – 245 Exam – 96 Q’s and A’s
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NYSTCE Multi-subject Teachers of Childhood(grades 1-6) – 245 Exam – 96 Q’s and A’s
Methodology - -hypothesize a result
plan a controlled experiment
collect data
draw conclusion
revisit hypothesis to answer question
-Lab report - -abstract (summary of report at beginning)
purpose (defines/states the problem)
hypothesis (educated guess of outcome)
observations (recorded outcomes)
conclusion (why results proved/disproved hypothesis)
-Graphs - -Y-axis - vertical (independent)
X-axis - horizontal (dependent)
-Scientific Model - -Must be able to be tested and verified using
experimental data
-Control - -In an experiment, the standard that is used for comparison
-Constants - -Conditions that stay the same in the experiment
Should be more constants than variables
-Independent Variable - -The experimental factor that is manipulated; the
variable whose effect is being studied.
Ex: I can change the temp in this experiment (independent), but I can't
control the rate bacteria will grow now (dependent)
-Variable - -A factor that can change in an experiment
-Validity of Conclusions - -Results must be reproducible meaning they're
reliable
-Foreseeability - -Anticipation that an event may occur under certain
circumstances
-Negligence - -Failure to take proper care in doing something
-Right-to-know laws - -Laws that require employers to advise employees
about the hazardous chemicals they handle
, -Earth's tilt - -23.5 degrees, causes seasons
-Summer Solstice - -Day with the most hours of sunlight and the fewest
hours of darkness (June 21)
-Winter Solstice - -December 21 (shortest day of the year)
-Physical change - -A change in a substance that does not involve a change
in the identity of the substance
Ex: freezing of water, expansion of rock
-Exfoliation - -The process by which outer rock layers are stripped away
-Chemical change - -A change that occurs when one or more substances
change into entirely new substances with different properties.
-Sedimentation - -The action or process of forming or depositing sediment
from one area to another
-Tides - -The regular rise and fall of the ocean's surface influenced by the
moon's gravity pulling on earth
-Moon phases - -Orbits Earth every 27 days
-Erosion - -Processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and
carried away (i.e. weathering, glaciation)
Can be carried away by water, wind, ice, etc.
-Weathering - -The breaking down of rocks and other materials on the
Earth's surface
-Dry air composition - -Made of dry gas, water vapor, and solid particles
(dust from soil, etc.)
-Nitrogen - -Most abundant gas in the atmosphere
-Troposphere - -Layer of Earth's atmosphere closest to Earth's surface
(where weather takes place and where most pollution occurs)
-Stratosphere - -2nd layer of atmosphere; location of ozone layer; absorbs
95% of Ultraviolet radiation; temperature increases with altitude increase;
little water, clouds are rare
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