WorksheetsPractice State Exam Grade 8
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 45mins
Which cell structure is found in plant cells?
Cell wall
Cell membrane
Nucleus
Cytoplasm
Amebas are single-celled organisms that need to obtain food in order to
release oxygen into the air
protect themselves from other living things
get the energy they need to carry out life functions
remove harmful chemicals from the enviornment
Three living organisms are labeled in the diagram. What do the rabbit, fungus, and tree have in common?
They are all producers
They are all omnivores
They all belong to the same kingdom
They are all multicellular organisms
Which term identifies a group of cells of the same type working together to perform a common function?
Microbe
Gene
Tissue
Hormone
The diagram shows graham crackers in a food processor. When the processor is turned on the crackers break into smaller pieces. Which human digestive process is most similar to this activity?
mechanical digestion
chemical digestion
solid waste elimination
liquid waste elimination
The diagram represents some respiratory structures in three organisms. The labeled structures in these organisms all have a similar function.
What is the main function of the labeled structure in each organism?
Circulation of blood
Digestion of food
Production of hormones
Exchange of gases
One function of the human excretory system is
Making materials that the body cells need
Removing excess heat energy from the body
Moving substances to and from body cells
Controlling the body's responses to stimuli
Which term is used to describe the sum of all the chemical processes in the human body?
Equilibrium
Inheritance
Metamorphosis
Metabolism
Why is an organism that reproduces asexually genetically identical to its parent?
All of the offspring's genes came from the parent
All of the offspring's genes mutated to look like the parent's genes
The offspring inherited only half of the parent's genes
The offspring inherited only the parent's dominant genes
The sequence of diagrams represents the plants present in the same area at different times over a 200-year period following a forest fire.
Which process is best represented by this sequence of diagrams?
Selective breeding
Ecological succession
Habitat destruction
Feeding relationships
The numbers in the drawing represent the number of
genes
cells
chromosomes
DNA
Abnormal cell division causes which health problem?
Infection
Cancer
Aging
Weight gain
Organisms are classified as producers or consumers according to the way they
obtain energy
release wastes
produce offspring
move from place to place
The diagram shows a mushroom, a type of decomposer, growing on a rotting log.
Which statement best describes the relationship between the mushroom and the log?
The log uses the mushrooms as a source of oxygen
The log uses the mushroom as a food source
The mushrooms use the log as a source of oxygen
The mushrooms use the log as a food source
The population of light-colored moths decreases, due to predators. At the same time, the population of dark-colored moths increases, because they are less visible to predators.
Which process is responsible for this type of adaptation over time?
Natural selection
Genetic engineering
Metamorphosis
Dynamic equilibrium
Which adaptation protects dark-colored moths from predators?
Breeding
Camoflauge
Migration
Hibernation
What causes infectious diseases in the human population?
Allergic reactions
Poor dietary habits
Toxic chemicals
Microorganisms
A Calorie is a unit used to measure
Energy
Vitamin
Density
Mass
A community is composed of
Organisms of the same species in an area
An organism's food supply in an area
All of the different organisms living in an area
The living and nonliving components in an area
The African savanna is a large grassland region with few trees that is hot and seasonally dry. A population of lions and a population of wild dogs living there are most likely to compete with each other for
Mates
Water
Air
Sunlight
The diagram represents the process of
Selective breeding
Natural selection
Metamorphosis
Germination
The inference that Earth's interior has an outer core and an inner core is based on studies of
earthquake wave data
glacier core samples
recent fossil discoveries
celestial observations
Why does the Sun generally appear to rise in the east, move across the sky, and set in the west each day?
Earth rotates on its axis
Earth revolves around the Sun
The Sun rotates on its axis
The Sun revolves around the Earth
Which property of a mineral is tested by scratching it on a glass plate?
conductivity
melting point
density
hardness
The change in the direction of the ray of light as it enters the water is called
absorption
reflection
refraction
transmission
Which Moon phase will be seen from Earth when the Moon is at position C?
Approximately how many weeks will it take the Moon to move from position B to position D?
one
two
three
four
The gravitational force between two objects is most affected by their
motion and volume
motion and distance apart
mass and volume
mass and distance
Earth's surface has a relatively thin, solid outer shell called the
atmosphere
lithosphere
mantle
outer core
Which process results in the formation of water on the outside of a cold glass of iced tea on a warm day?
boiling
freezing
condensation
evaporation
Which graph best shows the general relationship between the temperature of a gas and the speed of the molecules in that gas?
Why was the hurricane watch posted for the coastal areas shown?
To tell people where the hurricane started
To encourage residents to travel to the watch area
To warn people of life-threatening conditions
To alert residents of climate changes
Positions 1 through 4 show positions of a hurricane on four different days at 12 noon.
In which compass direction did the hurricane travel from day 1 to day 4?
northwest
northeast
southwest
southeast
Which machine is changing the direction of the force being applied by the person?
One hundred milliliters of a liquid was completely transferred from cylinder A to cylinder B. Compared to the liquid that was in cylinder A, the liquid in cylinder B will have
less mass and more volume
less mass and the same volume
the same mass and more volume
the same mass and the same volume
Which model best represents the arrangement of atoms in a solid?
A
B
C
D
Which model best represents the arrangement of atoms in a compound?
A
B
C
D
Warm air rising in the atmosphere is an example of heat being transferred by
absorption
conduction
convection
radiation
One can is painted black and the other can is painted white. The cans are placed on a sunny windowsill, and a thermometer is placed in each can to measure the water temperature.
After four hours in the sunlight, the temperatures of the water in the cans will most likely be
the same as when the cans were placed there
higher, with the same temperature in both cans
higher in the white can than in the black can
higher in the black can than in the white can
As a candle burns, the chemical energy stored in the wax is transformed into
heat and light
heat and magnetism
electricity and light
electricity and magnetism
Which principal best explains how this thermometer works?
A liquid changes to a gas when heated
A gas changes to a liquid when heated
A liquid expands when heated and contracts when cooled
A liquid contracts when heated and expands when cooled
The diagrams represent the same two magnets placed in four different positions. At which position will the force of attraction between these two magnets be greatest?
The graph shows tidal changes at an ocean beach over a 24-hour time period.
What is the approximate time interval between the two high tides?
6 hours
9 hours
13 hours
24 hours
How many servings of this food would a person need to eat to get approximately 8% of the recommended daily value of dietary fiber?
25
2
30
4
The data table below shows the yield of vegetables in a school's garden for three years. The yield is the number of pounds of vegetables harvested. The same number of each type of vegetable was planted every year.
Which statement is an inference?
The onion was greater than the beet yield in 2013
The butternut squash yield increased from 2011 to 2012
The spinach yield was 102 pounds in 2011 and 137 pounds in 2012
The acorn squash yield decreased from 2012 to 2013 due to low temperatures
