ABCTE ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
TERMS EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Acceleration - Correct Answers -A change in velocity
Acute - Correct Answers -An angle measuring less than 90 degrees
Affix - Correct Answers -A linguistic set of letters added to a word to affect its meaning.
For example, the word decompression has two—the prefix de- (meaning to separate, to
stop, to contradict, etc.) and the suffix -ion (meaning that the word refers to a condition
or process).
Alfred Russell Wallace - Correct Answers -British naturalist who crafted his theory of
evolution independently but concurrently with Charles Darwin.
Allies - Correct Answers -This term commonly refers to the US, Russian, Great Britain,
and numerous other countries who opposed the Axis powers during World War II
Alphabetic principle - Correct Answers -The idea that letters systematically represent
spoken sounds
Ammonification - Correct Answers -The production of ammonia when decomposition of
organic matter occurs.
Analytic Phonics - Correct Answers -Phonics instruction that uses known words to teach
phonemes and their attendant graphemes
Anion - Correct Answers -Atom or group of atoms with a negative electrical charge
Apartheid - Correct Answers -means "separateness" in Afrikaans, and refers to the
systematic division of black and white South Africans beginning in 1948.
Appositive - Correct Answers -A noun used with another noun to provide further
clarification or description. For example, "The writer Hemmingway made his home in
Key West ."
Assimilation - Correct Answers -The taking in of digested substances from food into the
tissues.
, Atom - Correct Answers -Smallest particle of an element that retains its properties;
smallest distinct unit of an element
Atomic bomb - Correct Answers -A nuclear weapon. Two bombs of this type have been
used militarily to date, both on Japanese cities at the end of World War II.
Atomic mass - Correct Answers -Sum of the number of protons and neutrons in the
nucleus of an atom.
Automaticity - Correct Answers -Speedy and accurate word identification at the single
word level
Axis - Correct Answers -This term commonly refers to Italy, Germany, Japan, and other
countries who fought against the Allies during World War II.
Balances - Correct Answers -A weighing device with a rigid beam and counterweight
Barter - Correct Answers -To trade goods or services (money is not involved)
Base angles - Correct Answers -In an isosceles triangle, the two angles opposite the
two congruent sides.
Black Codes - Correct Answers -usually refers to the laws passed in the South after the
Civil War to regulate the freedom of former slaves; in a larger sense, the term can apply
to all laws (North and South) that affected slaves and former slaves.
Bolsheviks - Correct Answers -means "majority" in Russian, and this term refers to the
Marxist party that seized power in Russia in 1917. They were led by Vladimir Lenin.
Buddha - Correct Answers -The founder of the Buddhist religion. An Indian spiritual
teacher of the sixth century, his given name was a Siddharta. The word "buddha"
means "awakened one."
Bunsen burner - Correct Answers -A very small laboratory burner that produces a hot
flame from a mixture of air and gas taken in at its base.
Calorimeter - Correct Answers -A tool for measuring heat given off by a chemical
reaction or change of state.
Carbon - Correct Answers -A plentiful nonmetallic element that occurs in many
inorganic and in all organic compounds.
Chemical Property - Correct Answers -characteristic of a substance that can be
observed when it undergoes a chemical reaction.
TERMS EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Acceleration - Correct Answers -A change in velocity
Acute - Correct Answers -An angle measuring less than 90 degrees
Affix - Correct Answers -A linguistic set of letters added to a word to affect its meaning.
For example, the word decompression has two—the prefix de- (meaning to separate, to
stop, to contradict, etc.) and the suffix -ion (meaning that the word refers to a condition
or process).
Alfred Russell Wallace - Correct Answers -British naturalist who crafted his theory of
evolution independently but concurrently with Charles Darwin.
Allies - Correct Answers -This term commonly refers to the US, Russian, Great Britain,
and numerous other countries who opposed the Axis powers during World War II
Alphabetic principle - Correct Answers -The idea that letters systematically represent
spoken sounds
Ammonification - Correct Answers -The production of ammonia when decomposition of
organic matter occurs.
Analytic Phonics - Correct Answers -Phonics instruction that uses known words to teach
phonemes and their attendant graphemes
Anion - Correct Answers -Atom or group of atoms with a negative electrical charge
Apartheid - Correct Answers -means "separateness" in Afrikaans, and refers to the
systematic division of black and white South Africans beginning in 1948.
Appositive - Correct Answers -A noun used with another noun to provide further
clarification or description. For example, "The writer Hemmingway made his home in
Key West ."
Assimilation - Correct Answers -The taking in of digested substances from food into the
tissues.
, Atom - Correct Answers -Smallest particle of an element that retains its properties;
smallest distinct unit of an element
Atomic bomb - Correct Answers -A nuclear weapon. Two bombs of this type have been
used militarily to date, both on Japanese cities at the end of World War II.
Atomic mass - Correct Answers -Sum of the number of protons and neutrons in the
nucleus of an atom.
Automaticity - Correct Answers -Speedy and accurate word identification at the single
word level
Axis - Correct Answers -This term commonly refers to Italy, Germany, Japan, and other
countries who fought against the Allies during World War II.
Balances - Correct Answers -A weighing device with a rigid beam and counterweight
Barter - Correct Answers -To trade goods or services (money is not involved)
Base angles - Correct Answers -In an isosceles triangle, the two angles opposite the
two congruent sides.
Black Codes - Correct Answers -usually refers to the laws passed in the South after the
Civil War to regulate the freedom of former slaves; in a larger sense, the term can apply
to all laws (North and South) that affected slaves and former slaves.
Bolsheviks - Correct Answers -means "majority" in Russian, and this term refers to the
Marxist party that seized power in Russia in 1917. They were led by Vladimir Lenin.
Buddha - Correct Answers -The founder of the Buddhist religion. An Indian spiritual
teacher of the sixth century, his given name was a Siddharta. The word "buddha"
means "awakened one."
Bunsen burner - Correct Answers -A very small laboratory burner that produces a hot
flame from a mixture of air and gas taken in at its base.
Calorimeter - Correct Answers -A tool for measuring heat given off by a chemical
reaction or change of state.
Carbon - Correct Answers -A plentiful nonmetallic element that occurs in many
inorganic and in all organic compounds.
Chemical Property - Correct Answers -characteristic of a substance that can be
observed when it undergoes a chemical reaction.
