Quiz about 8th Grade Science State Exam Review

Question 1

Organisms who receive their energy by consuming other organisms.

Accepted Answer

Heterotroph

Answer

Chloroplast

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Autotroph

Answer

Phototropism

Question 2

The part of a cell that contains the chromosomes (wound up DNA) in eukaryotic cells.

Accepted Answer

Nucleus

Answer

Chloroplasts

Answer

Cell Wall

Answer

Homeostasis

Question 3

The genetic code for all of your traits.

Accepted Answer

DNA

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Nucleus

Answer

Chloroplast

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Recessive gene

Question 4

The organelle inside a plant cell that converts sunlight into energy.

Accepted Answer

Chloroplast

Answer

Photosynthesis

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Parasite

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Cell Wall

Question 5

The part of a plant cell that is rigid & permeable.

Accepted Answer

Cell Wall

Answer

Chloroplast

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Turgor Pressure

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Phototropism

Question 6

The term used to define a cell that has a nucleus containing DNA.

Accepted Answer

Eukaryote

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Prokaryote

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Autotroph

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Homeostasis

Question 7

The building up of an ecosystem after lava or glaciers have left nothing but rock.

Accepted Answer

Primary Succession

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Secondary Succession

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Natural Selection

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Adaptation

Question 8

A cell without a nucleus.

Accepted Answer

Prokaryotic

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Eukaryotic

Answer

Heterotroph

Question 9

Organisms who receive energy from dead or decaying matter.

Accepted Answer

Decomposers

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Prokaryotic

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Omnivore

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Heterotrophic

Question 10

Rebuilding an ecosystem after a catastrophic event has occurred and soil is present.

Accepted Answer

Secondary Succession

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Primary Succession

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Natural Selection

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Adaptations

Question 11

The trait that is always expressed.  It will hide or mask the other trait.

Accepted Answer

Dominant

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Recessive

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Natural Selection

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Homeostasis

Question 12

Behavior patterns, or internal and external structures which allow an organism to survive and reproduce in their environment successfully.

Accepted Answer

Adaptations

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Homeostasis

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Recessive traits

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Natural Selection

Question 13

Organisms who make their own energy by taking in light or chemicals.

Accepted Answer

Autotroph

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Heterotroph

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Phototropism

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Heterotroph

Question 14

The trait that is hidden or masked by the other trait.

Accepted Answer

Recessive

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Dominant

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Eukaryotic

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Homeostasis

Question 15

Successful traits are passed onto offspring through natural circumstances.

Accepted Answer

Natural Selection

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Primary Succession

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Secondary Succession

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Dominant

Question 16

This type of organism feeds on a host organism, causing harm to the host.

Accepted Answer

Parasite

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Decomposer

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Heterotroph

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Carnivore

Question 17

The organism's ability to maintain equilibrium in their body.

Accepted Answer

Homeostasis

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Heterotroph

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Prokaryotic

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Autotrophic

Question 18

The process where plants use the light from the sun to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose.

Accepted Answer

Photosynthesis

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Phototropism

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Chloroplast

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Prokaryotic

Question 19

Where are earthquakes most likely to occur?

Accepted Answer

Along plate boundaries

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In the middle of plates

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In the oceans

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Anywhere on the Earth

Question 20

Why does the Earth orbit the Sun and not a planet in the solar system?

Accepted Answer

The Sun is more massive than the planets so it's mass causes the gravitational pull.

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It just happened that way.

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The Earth pulls the Sun toward it  because it is so massive.

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The Earth is closer than the other planets so the distance causes the gravitational pull.

Question 21

Some resources are renewable and will not run out.  Some are finite and can't be renewed.  Which of these resources is non-renewable?

Accepted Answer

oil

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solar

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hydroelectric

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wind

Question 22

Suppose you find fossils of dinosaurs on an island but no fossils of bird or mammal fossils found on the continent it broke off from  This information provides evidence of _________________.

Accepted Answer

continental drift

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global warming

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seafloor spreading

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mountain building

Question 23

Which technology would be useful for studying moon phases

Accepted Answer

Telescope

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Spectroscope

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Space Probe

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The international Space Station

Question 24

How do folded mountains form?

Accepted Answer

They form when plates collide or push against each other.

Answer

They form when plate boundaries diverge.

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They form on the continent side of convergent boundaries.

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They can form several different ways.

Question 25

You are testing to see if music helps
plants grow better. You divide the
plants into four groups.
Plant Groups Group Music Type
A jazz
B classical
C rock
D none
What is group D called??

Accepted Answer

the control group

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the model group

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the population group

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the experimental group

Question 26

Which states of matter have volume?

Accepted Answer

solid, liquid, and gas

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solid and liquid

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liquid and gas

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solid and gas

Question 27

A girl collects rocks while at the beach.  She notices that the rocks are milky white and contain fossils.  What type of rock has she found?

Accepted Answer

Sedimentary, because it contains fossils

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Sedimentary, because it is milky white

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Metamorphic, because it contains fossils

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Metamorphic, because it is milky white

Question 28

Which is an example of erosion?

Accepted Answer

wind blowing sand on a beach

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water sitting in a well

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magma rising in a volcano

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heat melting rock underground

Question 29

Which two processes could result in the formation of high mountains with well-rounded peaks?

Accepted Answer

movement of tectonic plates and erosion

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volcanic eruptions and global warming

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earthquakes and tidal activity

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production of greenhouse gases and weathering

Question 30

What is the order of the planets?

Accepted Answer

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.

Answer

Earth, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Mars, Uranus

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Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Mars, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn

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Mars, Venus, Earth, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus

Question 31

Why does the Earth have seasons?

Accepted Answer

The Earth is tilted.

Answer

The Earth moves closer to and farther away from the Sun

Question 32

What happens when a cold front approaches?

Accepted Answer

Warm air rises, cools, and causes rain and possible thunderstorms.

Answer

Warm air is pushing under cold air and you can expect humid weather and lower temperatures.

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Warm air is pushing under cold air and you can expect humid weather and higher temperatures.

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Cold air is pushed over warm air causing rain and possible thunderstorms.

Question 33

What is an ecosystem?

Accepted Answer

How living and non-living organisms interact with each other

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The study of living organisms

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How creatures live and survive in the area around them

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The study of dead organisms and how they are decomposed

Question 34

What is a lunar eclipse?

Accepted Answer

The Earth between the sun and the moon.

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The Moon between the sun and the Earth.

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The Moon between the sun and Jupiter.

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The Earth between the sun and Mercury.

Question 35

The states of matter are...

Accepted Answer

Solid, liquid, gas

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Solid, melting, gas

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Freezing, melting, condensation, evaporation

Question 36

Is this a correct representation of the moon phases?

Accepted Answer

Yes

Answer

No

Question 37

If there was a drought, what effect would happen in the ecosystem?

Accepted Answer

Every population would be effected and the populations would decrease.

Answer

All the animals would thrive and populations would grow.

Answer

There would be a decrease in some of the populations in the ecosystem.

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The populations would stay the same.

Question 38

This is an example of what type of relationship between organisms?

Accepted Answer

Predation

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Commensalism

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Mutualism

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Competition

Question 39

What type of front is this?

Accepted Answer

Cold front

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Warm front

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Stationary front

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Occluded front

Question 40

Both wolves and mountain lions prey on mule deer. What type of interaction does this describe?

Accepted Answer

Competition

Answer

Predation

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Commensalism

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Mutualism

Question 41

Both wolves and mountain lions prey on mule deer. What type of interaction does this describe?

Accepted Answer

Competition

Answer

Predation

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Commensalism

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Mutualism

Question 42

Gravity takes effect during which phase of the water cycle?

Accepted Answer

Precipitation

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Evaporation

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Condensation

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Collection

Question 43

In order, what is the blue line and the red line?

Accepted Answer

Cold front and warm front

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Warm front and cold front

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Cold front and occluded front

Answer

Warm front and occluded front

Question 44

What does this illustration show?

Accepted Answer

Flow of energy

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Predators/Prey

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Animals in the Arctic ecosystem

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What animals eat what animals

Question 45

What type of weather is associated with low pressure?

Accepted Answer

Storms

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Clear skies

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High clouds

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Fog

Question 46

A relationship where one organism benefits and one organism is unaffected is called __________.

Accepted Answer

commensalism

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mutualism

Answer

parasitism

Question 47

Rocks are not living because

Accepted Answer

they are not made of cells

Answer

they never move

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they aren't needed for humans

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they don't break down

Question 48

Which structures are found in every living cell?

Accepted Answer

cell membrane and cytoplasm

Answer

chloroplasts and mitochondria

Answer

a cell wall and nucleus

Answer

chloroplasts and cell wall

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