8th Grade State Test Review

Cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms

• Mutation

• Meiosis

• Mitosis

• Genotype

The process in which soil particles and decaying organic matter accumulate in layers on the ground or at the bottom of large bodies of water, contributing to the formation of sedimentary rock

• Sedimentation

• Erosion

• Precipitation

• Deposition

A factor that can change in an experiment

• Metamorphic

• Variable

• Mutation

• Constant

Speed in a given direction

• Acceleration

• Wavelength

• Velocity

• Speed

Occurs when the Moon passes directly between the Sun and Earth and casts a shadow over part of Earth

• Lunar eclipse

• Gravity

• Solar eclipse

• Orbit

A measure of how hot (or cold) something is; specifically, a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in an object.

• Humidity

• Temperature

• Heat

• Kinetic energy

Mass and distance

• Acceleration

• Erosion

• Evolution

• Factors that affect gravity

The combination of all forces acting on an object

• Combined force
• Resultant force
• Total force
• Net force

Basic unit of matter

• Molecule
• Cell
• Planet
• Atom

The blocking of sunlight to the moon that occurs when Earth is directly between the sun and the moon

• Lunar Eclipse
• Aurora Borealis
• Lunar Phase
• Solar Eclipse