College Training - TEAS - Science - PreTest

Mrs. Welcher explained to her 5th-grade science students that the word photosynthesis can be separated to make two smaller words: “photo” which means light, “synthesis” which means to ________________.

In his 5th-grade science project, Kaleb explained that photosynthesis is the process by which plants make their own food. To make food plants need water, sunlight and ______________.

Mrs. Leavitt explained to her 6th-grades science students, “Carolus Linnaeus is known for beginning the practice of classifying organisms based on similarities called ____________.”

During a unit on living organisms, Mrs. Ciencia showed her 3rd-grade science class a table full of mushrooms. She was likely demonstrating different types of ____________.

During his 4th-grade science presentation, Mark said, “The theory of __________________ explains why animals and plants are so good at surviving in their environments. This is the places where they live.”

Mrs. Ciencia explained to her 6th-grade science class that Paleontology was the science subject concerned with the study of ________________.

During his 6th-grade science presentation, Mr. Rece explained, “Technically meaning the whole land, ____________ refers to the theory that all of the land masses around the world were once connected over 2000 million years ago.”

Mr. Ciencio explained to his 5th-grade science class that the material that carries all the information about how a living thing will look and function is commonly called ________________.

During her presentation at the 6th-grade science fair, Carlie explained, “Prokaryotes are unique types of cells due to a lack of ______________.”

Mr. Sander explained to his 8th-grade science class that _____________ cells are defined by having an organized nucleus with a nuclear envelope. They have a brain for the cell and a discreet area where they keep their DNA.

Mrs. Ciencia explained to her 4th-grade science class that ____________ are the simplest of creatures that are considered alive.

Mr. Ciencio explained to his 5th-grade science class, “The __________ is one of the smallest structures in a cell, but it has a very big job: to make protein.”

Mrs. Ciencia explained to her 3rd-grade science class, “__________ are found everywhere! The four major types are: bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa. They can sometimes make us sick.”

Mrs. Ciencia explained to her 3rd-grade science students that most plants appear to be green because they are filled with a green pigment; a chemical called _______________.

Mr. Ciencio explained to his 5th-grade science students that the word autotroph comes from the Greek words auto, meaning “self,” and troph, meaning “____________.”

To explain invertebrates, Mrs. Ciencia brought examples of these to show her 2nd-grade class.

Miss Huang explained to her 6th-grade science students, “In _________ reproduction, there is only one parent instead of two, and that parent makes more of itself by dividing into pieces or splitting parts of itself off and growing new pieces.”

During his 8th-grade science presentation, John explained, “The naming system called binomial nomenclature and was invented biologist named Carl Linnaeus. The genus and __________ that an organism belongs to is how an organism receives it scientific name.”

Miss Rodriguez explained to her 3rd-grade science students, “Your body works best when its temperature is about 98.6ºF (37ºC). When your body gets hotter than that, your brain doesn’t like it — it wants your body to stay cool and comfortable.” She is likely conducting a lesson related to ________________.

Mr. Ciencio explained to his 5th-grade science students, “The organelles responsible for energy production inside a cell are called ________________. They take food and break it apart into water and carbon dioxide, which creates your energy.”