8th Grade ELA/Science - 12/01/20

8th Grade ELA

Tuesday - 12/01/2020

Poll

Would you rather be cold at night or hot at night?

• COLD

• HOT

Multiple Choice

What is the kinetic energy of a 3 kg ball rolling at 2 m/s?

• 6 J

• .6 J

• 12 J

• 1.2 J

Multiple Choice

What is the kinetic energy of a Zorb (see picture) with a total mass of 90 kg rolling at 10 m/s?

Use E_K = 1/2 m v²

• 3,700 J

• 900 J

• 4,500 J

• 6,500 J

Multiple Choice

A 6200 kg African elephant charges at a speed of 10 m/s.

What is the elephant's kinetic energy?

• 620,000 J

• 62,000 J

• 310,000 J

• 124,000 J

Multiple Choice

What is the KE of a football which has a mass of 0.8 kg and is kicked at a velocity of 10 m/s?

• 80 J

• 3.2 J

• 160 J

• 40 J

NEWSELA

You will now have 10 - 15 minutes to read the article.

Multiple Choice

How does the author develop the central idea of the article?

• by contrasting "The Last Ronin" with all of the other comic books IDW produces

• by describing how "The Last Ronin" went from a concept to a published miniseries

• by explaining what led Kevin Eastman to sell his rights to the TMNT comics

• by revealing how Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird came up with the idea for TMNT

Multiple Choice

Which of these statements would be MOST important to include in an objective summary of the article?

• The idea was called "The Last Ronin," and it showed a less-than-promising future: Only one living turtle remains, and he has to fight against the forces that took his three brothers away from him.

• Eastman, in a recent interview, estimates that for most of the 1980s, he and Laird spent 90 percent of their time on "TMNT" comics and the other 10 percent on business.

• "Issue 1 is basically an all-out fight that sets up the story and the way the world is now."

• Laird then sold the rights to Viacom, followed by IDW picking up the license to publish "TMNT" comics in 2011.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would BEST describe Eastman's reaction to working outside of the comic book industry?

• It helped him focus on making movies with new characters he created.

• It allowed him to purchase a license so he could publish "TMNT" independently.

• It made him eager to return to the world of writing and publishing comic books.

• It inspired him to conceive of the main storyline that is used in "The Last Ronin."

Multiple Choice

How is "The Last Ronin" different from other Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics?

• It is printed in color and in an oversized format.

• It was the first story that Eastman and Laird wrote.

• It has a darker story and only one turtle survives.

• It introduces new characters who join the turtles.