Math and Science for Young Children 8th Edition By Rosalind Charlesworth – Test Bank

1. Which earth science concepts are appropriate for the primary grades?
a. Rocks are formed in different ways.

b. Rocks are nonliving things.

c. Water and wind change the surface of the Earth.
d. All of these answers

ANSWER: d
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MS.CHAR.08.11.01 – Plan, teach, and evaluate primary-grade Earth and space science lessons and projects in line with national standards.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States – NAEYC. 05c – Design, implement, and evaluate developmentally meaningful and challenging curriculum.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding

2. The term used for ancient evidence of plants and animals is
a. rocks.

b. minerals.

c. fossils.

d. stratification.
ANSWER: c
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MS.CHAR.08.11.01 – Plan, teach, and evaluate primary-grade Earth and space science lessons and projects in line with national standards.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States – NAEYC. 05c – Design, implement, and evaluate developmentally meaningful and challenging curriculum.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding

3. Which earth science lesson is especially appropriate for primary grades?
a. Weather

b. Stars

c. Volcanoes

d. Moon

ANSWER: a
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MS.CHAR.08.11.01 – Plan, teach, and evaluate primary-grade Earth and space science lessons and projects in line with national standards.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States – NAEYC. 05c – Design, implement, and evaluate developmentally meaningful and challenging curriculum.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding

4. In the primary grades, children learn about Earth and space by making observations as they explore, collect, describe, and record information.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MS.CHAR.08.11.01 – Plan, teach, and evaluate primary-grade Earth and space science lessons and projects in line with national standards.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States – NAEYC. 05c – Design, implement, and evaluate developmentally meaningful and challenging curriculum.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding

5. Children do not need a variety of concrete experiences that enable them to learn the properties of Earth’s materials.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MS.CHAR.08.11.01 – Plan, teach, and evaluate primary-grade Earth and space science lessons and projects in line with national standards.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States – NAEYC. 05c – Design, implement, and evaluate developmentally meaningful and challenging curriculum.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding

6. Primary-age children commonly believe that the ground is composed mostly of soil and that rocks are only what they can hold and carry in their hands.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MS.CHAR.08.11.01 – Plan, teach, and evaluate primary-grade Earth and space science lessons and projects in line with national standards.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States – NAEYC. 05c – Design, implement, and evaluate developmentally meaningful and challenging curriculum.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Understanding

Match each item with the correct statement below.
a. a carton of rocks d. sedimentary rocks
b. igneous rocks e. exploring rocks
c. thinking like a geologist

7. An activity that allows children to experience the concept that rocks are formed in different ways
ANSWER: e

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MS.CHAR.08.11.01 – Plan, teach, and evaluate primary-grade Earth and space science lessons and projects in line with national standards.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States – NAEYC. 05c – Design, implement, and evaluate developmentally meaningful and challenging curriculum.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying

8. An activity that allows children to experience the concept that there are many kinds of rocks
ANSWER: a

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MS.CHAR.08.11.01 – Plan, teach, and evaluate primary-grade Earth and space science lessons and projects in line with national standards.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States – NAEYC. 05c – Design, implement, and evaluate developmentally meaningful and challenging curriculum.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying

9. Formed through the cooling of magma or lava
ANSWER: b

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MS.CHAR.08.11.01 – Plan, teach, and evaluate primary-grade Earth and space science lessons and projects in line with national standards.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States – NAEYC. 05c – Design, implement, and evaluate developmentally meaningful and challenging curriculum.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying

10. Formed from eroded rocks, sand, clay, silt, pebbles, and other stones
ANSWER: d

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MS.CHAR.08.11.01 – Plan, teach, and evaluate primary-grade Earth and space science lessons and projects in line with national standards.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States – NAEYC. 05c – Design, implement, and evaluate developmentally meaningful and challenging curriculum.
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying