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Worksheets8th Grade Honors Challenge
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 26mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
When did the solar system come to be?
a)
45.5 billion years ago
b)
4.5 billion years ago
c)
4.5 million years ago
d)
45.5 million years ago
2.
When does the Northern Hemisphere experience summer?
a)
April and May
b)
February and December
c)
November and May
d)
June and August
3.
When does the Northern Hemisphere experience summer?
a)
April and May
b)
February and December
c)
November and May
d)
June and August
4.
Which ancient civilization invented the sundial?
a)
Romans
b)
Greeks
c)
Mayans
d)
Egyptians
5.
Some pushes and pulls require ____________ between two objects.
a)
push
b)
gravity
c)
force
d)
contact
6.
Earth's revolution causes ____________.
a)
day and night
b)
the years
c)
the seasons
d)
the moon's visibility
7.
What is an astronomical unit?
a)
a unit of measurement used to measure the sun
b)
a unit created by ancient astronomers to find out when to grow or harvest crops
c)
a unit of measurement equal to 149.6 million kilometers, the distance from the center of the sun to the center of the Earth
d)
a unit of measurement used to measure the diameter of the planets
8.
What are seismic waves?
a)
the number of waves that pass a given point in 1 second
b)
a molecule disturbed by a wave that will return to its resting position
c)
the distance a wave travels in a cycle
d)
waves that travel through the ground usually after an earthquake
9.
How many moons does Saturn have?
a)
62
b)
53
c)
1
d)
15
10.
How many steps are in the Scientific Method?
a)
8
b)
9
c)
5
d)
6
11.
How many moon phases are there?
a)
1
b)
8
c)
5
d)
9
12.
What is the moon phase during a solar eclipse?
a)
New Moon
b)
Full Moon
c)
Waning Crescent
d)
Last/3rd Quarter
13.
Which moon phase comes one week after this waning crescent moon?
a)
Waxing Crescent
b)
Waning Gibbous
c)
Last/3rd Quarter
d)
New Moon
14.
What is the trough of a wave?
a)
Lowest point of a transverse wave
b)
Matter that is disturbed by energy
c)
The distance between the midpoint and the crest
d)
The distance a wave travels in one cycle
15.
How does a solar eclipse occur?
a)
When the moon passes behind the Earth
b)
when the moon is next to the Earth
c)
When the moon passes between the Earth and sun
d)
When the moon is above the Earth
16.
What do kinetic and potential energy have in common?
a)
Both have stored energy
b)
Scientists use it to define energy that is moving
c)
They cannot be destroyed
d)
They are not related to mass
17.
What was Saturn's 1st discovered moon?
a)
Titan
b)
Cleladus
c)
Encledus
d)
Encleladus
18.
When the moon passes between the Earth and Sun, it is called a ____
a)
neap tide
b)
spring tide
c)
solar eclipse
d)
lunar eclipse
19.
This variable in an experiment is the one being deliberately changed by the scientist.
a)
dependent variable
b)
independent variable
c)
data
d)
control group
20.
There are two types of data. Which type of data involves descriptions that cannot be counted or measured?
a)
qualitative
b)
analytical
c)
relative
d)
quantitative
21.
On a roller coaster, where is maximum kinetic energy?
a)
At the bottom of a big hill
b)
When going around a corner
c)
When going upside down
d)
At the top of a big hill
22.
Which moon phase is this?
a)
1st quarter
b)
new moon
c)
waxing crescent
d)
waxing gibbous
23.
What is it called when one hemisphere of the Earth receives maximum sunlight and the other hemisphere receives the minimum amount of sunlight?
a)
seasons
b)
equinox
c)
solstice
d)
axis of rotation
24.
What is it called when one hemisphere of the Earth receives maximum sunlight and the other hemisphere receives the minimum amount of sunlight?
a)
seasons
b)
equinox
c)
solstice
d)
axis of rotation
25.
Who saw an apple fall from a tree?
a)
Charles Darwin
b)
Johnny Appleseed
c)
Albert Einstein
d)
Isaac Newton
26.
Which of the following is NOT an example of motion of a living thing?
a)
an airplane flying
b)
someone running
c)
a boy skateboarding
d)
a girl talking
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