GACE SCIENCE 024 025 524
COMPREHENSIVE TEST 2026 SOLVED
QUESTIONS
◉ Control Variable. Answer: a variable that is kept constant during a
controlled experiment.
◉ Manipulated Variable. Answer: factor in an experiment that a
scientist purposely changes; also known as independent variable.
◉ Responding Variable. Answer: the factor that may change in
response to the manipulated variable.
◉ Systems, Order, and Organization. Answer: everything in science is
part of an organized, ordered system.
◉ Evidence, Models and Explanation. Answer: we use evidence and
models to explain the world around us.
◉ Change, Constancy, and Measurement. Answer: measurement is
important for consistency of data. This allows any changing idea to
be accurately documented.
,◉ Evolution and Equilibrium. Answer: everything in science follows
an evolutionary path and is part of nature's balancing act. Each thing
affects the other thing.
◉ Form and Function. Answer: everything in science has a form and
function.
◉ System. Answer: have organized structures, are arranged in a
hierarchy, consist of interrelated components and have
inputs/outputs.
◉ Mass. Answer: the amount of matter in an object.
◉ Liquid Volume. Answer: amount of space a liquid takes up.
◉ Length. Answer: distance between two points.
◉ Time. Answer: is measured in seconds.
◉ Area. Answer: The number of square units needed to cover a given
surface. (l x w) Meters: m^2, Kilometers: km^2, Centimeters: cm^2.
◉ Inferring. Answer: when you explain or interpret the things you
observe.
, ◉ The Sun. Answer: center of the solar system, composed of 75%
hydrogen and 25% helium. Made of 3 zones: 1. Core: where nuclear
fusion takes place. 2. Radiation Zone: electromagnetic radiation area
just outside of the core 3. Convection Zone: outside layer of the sun.
◉ Corona. Answer: halo around the sun that can only be seen during
a total solar eclipse.
◉ Chromosphere. Answer: the middle layer of the sun's atmosphere.
◉ Photosphere. Answer: layer of the sun that give off visible light.
◉ Inner Planets. Answer: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
◉ Outer Planets. Answer: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Much
larger than the inner planets and have thick gaseous atmospheres.
Called Gas Giants.
◉ Lithosphere. Answer: Earth's rocky, outer surface made of the
crust and upper mantle.
◉ Igneous Rock. Answer: rocks formed by the cooling of molten rock
(either magma or lava). ie: granite.
COMPREHENSIVE TEST 2026 SOLVED
QUESTIONS
◉ Control Variable. Answer: a variable that is kept constant during a
controlled experiment.
◉ Manipulated Variable. Answer: factor in an experiment that a
scientist purposely changes; also known as independent variable.
◉ Responding Variable. Answer: the factor that may change in
response to the manipulated variable.
◉ Systems, Order, and Organization. Answer: everything in science is
part of an organized, ordered system.
◉ Evidence, Models and Explanation. Answer: we use evidence and
models to explain the world around us.
◉ Change, Constancy, and Measurement. Answer: measurement is
important for consistency of data. This allows any changing idea to
be accurately documented.
,◉ Evolution and Equilibrium. Answer: everything in science follows
an evolutionary path and is part of nature's balancing act. Each thing
affects the other thing.
◉ Form and Function. Answer: everything in science has a form and
function.
◉ System. Answer: have organized structures, are arranged in a
hierarchy, consist of interrelated components and have
inputs/outputs.
◉ Mass. Answer: the amount of matter in an object.
◉ Liquid Volume. Answer: amount of space a liquid takes up.
◉ Length. Answer: distance between two points.
◉ Time. Answer: is measured in seconds.
◉ Area. Answer: The number of square units needed to cover a given
surface. (l x w) Meters: m^2, Kilometers: km^2, Centimeters: cm^2.
◉ Inferring. Answer: when you explain or interpret the things you
observe.
, ◉ The Sun. Answer: center of the solar system, composed of 75%
hydrogen and 25% helium. Made of 3 zones: 1. Core: where nuclear
fusion takes place. 2. Radiation Zone: electromagnetic radiation area
just outside of the core 3. Convection Zone: outside layer of the sun.
◉ Corona. Answer: halo around the sun that can only be seen during
a total solar eclipse.
◉ Chromosphere. Answer: the middle layer of the sun's atmosphere.
◉ Photosphere. Answer: layer of the sun that give off visible light.
◉ Inner Planets. Answer: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
◉ Outer Planets. Answer: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Much
larger than the inner planets and have thick gaseous atmospheres.
Called Gas Giants.
◉ Lithosphere. Answer: Earth's rocky, outer surface made of the
crust and upper mantle.
◉ Igneous Rock. Answer: rocks formed by the cooling of molten rock
(either magma or lava). ie: granite.
