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8th Grade Final Spring 2018 SMLCS

Total questions: 112

Worksheet time: 56mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Determine the independent variable. Does the size of the wheel impact how fast it will roll down a ramp?

a)

how far the wheel rolls

b)

how fast the wheel rolls

c)

the size of the wheel

d)

the weight of the wheel

2.

Determine the dependent variable. Does the size of the wheel impact how fast it will roll down a ramp?

a)

How far the wheel rolls

b)

how fast the wheel rolls

c)

the size of the wheel

d)

the weight of the wheel

3.

Determine the independent variable. Will bounce height be impacted by the size of a basketball?

a)

size of basketball

b)

bounce height

c)

length of court

d)

air pressure in the ball

4.

Determine the dependent variable. Will bounce height be impacted by the size of a basketball?

a)

size of basketball

b)

bounce height

c)

length of court

d)

air pressure in the ball

5.

A scientist hypothesizes the temperature at which an alligator’s egg is incubated will determine whether the alligator will be male or female. The independent variable is

a)

the gender of the alligator

b)

the temperature

c)

the male alligator

d)

the incubator

6.

A scientist hypothesizes the temperature at which an alligator’s egg is incubated will determine whether the alligator will be male or female. The dependent variable is

a)

the gender of the alligator

b)

the temperature

c)

the male alligators

d)

the incubator

7.

A student planted the same number of pea seeds in four pots with the same type of soil in each. He put the pots in a sunny window and gave each one different amounts of water every 3 days. This experiment is testing whether

a)

soil is needed for peas to grow

b)

sunlight is needed for peas to grow

c)

the amount of water given affects how fast peas grow

d)

the number of seeds planted affect how fast peas grow

8.

Which question would be the best testable scientific question?

a)

Who made the first microscope?

b)

How many lions live in Africa?

c)

Does the amount of salt water affect the temperature at which it boils?

d)

How long ago did dinosaurs live on the Earth?

9.

A series of steps designed to help you solve problems and answer questions

a)

hypothesis

b)

experiment

c)

scientific method

d)

observation

10.

Which of the following hypotheses is written correctly?

a)

Frozen tennis balls will not bounce high.

b)

If a tennis ball is frozen, it won’t bounce as high as one that is not frozen.

c)

If I heat up a tennis ball it will bounce high.

d)

If I heat up a tennis ball, then it will not bounce as high as one that is frozen because it has less elasticity.

11.

What is the first step in the scientific method?

a)

state the problem based on observations

b)

gather information/do research

c)

plan and carry out the experiment

d)

accept or reject hypothesis

12.

What is the second step in the scientific method?

a)

write a hypothesis

b)

gather information/do research

c)

plan and carry out the experiment

d)

accept or reject hypothesis

13.

What is the third step in the scientific method?

a)

write a hypothesis

b)

gather information/do research

c)

plan and carry out the experiment

d)

accept or reject hypothesis

14.

What is the fourth step in the scientific method?

a)

record and analyze data

b)

communicate results

c)

plan and carry out the experiment

d)

accept or reject hypothesis

15.

What is the fifth step in the scientific method?

a)

record and analyze data

b)

communicate results

c)

write a conclusion

d)

accept or reject hypothesis

16.

What is the sixth step in the scientific method?

a)

record and analyze data

b)

communicate results

c)

write a conclusion

d)

accept or reject hypothesis

17.

What is the seventh step in the scientific method?

a)

record and analyze data

b)

communicate results

c)

write a conclusion

d)

accept or reject hypothesis

18.

What is the eighth step in the scientific method?

a)

record and analyze data

b)

communicate results

c)

write a conclusion

d)

accept or reject hypothesis

19.

What is an independent variable?

a)

Numbers, graphs, charts

b)

What is being measured in the experiment

c)

What is purposely being changed in the experiment

d)

Pictures and illustrations

20.

What is an dependent variable?

a)

Numbers, graphs, charts

b)

What is being measured in the experiment

c)

What is purposely being changed in the experiment

d)

Pictures and illustrations

21.

What is quantitative data?

a)

Numbers, graphs, charts

b)

What is being measured in the experiment

c)

What is purposely being changed in the experiment

d)

Pictures and illustrations

22.

What is qualitative data?

a)

Numbers, graphs, charts

b)

What is being measured in the experiment

c)

What is purposely being changed in the experiment

d)

Pictures and illustrations

23.

Is described from a reference point.

a)

acceleration

b)

motion

c)

position

d)

reference point

e)

relative motion

24.

A location to which you compare other locations is called.

a)

acceleration

b)

motion

c)

position

d)

reference point

e)

relative motion

25.

The change of position over time.

a)

acceleration

b)

motion

c)

position

d)

reference point

e)

relative motion

26.

You don’t notice your change in position, but observers do.

a)

acceleration

b)

motion

c)

position

d)

reference point

e)

relative motion

27.

The change in speed of an object, over a certain period of time.

a)

acceleration

b)

motion

c)

position

d)

reference point

e)

relative motion

28.

A sailor is able to sail 15 knots in his new boat.

a)

acceleration

b)

speed

c)

velocity

29.

The old man next door walks his dog at what seems like 2 miles/hour.

a)

acceleration

b)

speed

c)

velocity

30.

The subway car begin to slow down as it made it’s way to the train station.

a)

acceleration

b)

speed

c)

velocity

31.

Olympic runner, Usain Bolt is able to increase his speed faster than any runner in his heat.

a)

acceleration

b)

speed

c)

velocity

32.

As the bell was about to ring the students all seemed to pick up their pace and scurry into class.

a)

acceleration

b)

speed

c)

velocity

33.

Sam and Javier drove east to New Orleans at 55 miles per hour to visit the WWII museum.

a)

acceleration

b)

speed

c)

velocity

34.

The jet ski skimmed across that lake at 55 mph southeast.

a)

acceleration

b)

speed

c)

velocity

35.

Graph A is

a)

The car is traveling at a constant speed.

b)

The car is accelerating.

c)

The car is decelerating.

36.

Graph B is

a)

The car is traveling at a constant speed.

b)

The car is accelerating.

c)

The car is decelerating.

37.

Graph C is

a)

The car is traveling at a constant speed.

b)

The car is accelerating.

c)

The car is decelerating.

38.

A crossing guard is to the right of a stop sign. A school bus is to the left of the stop sign. A flower bed is directly in front of the stop sign. What is the reference point used to describe positions in the paragraph above?

a)

The flower bed

b)

The school bus

c)

The stop sign

d)

The crossing guard

39.

You are moving all the time because the Earth is moving. Relative to the sun, you are moving 67,000mph. Why don’t you feel like you are moving this fast?

a)

You may feel like you are not moving because your reference point is the Earth. You are moving at the same speed as the Earth and thus don’t feel the movement.

b)

You feel like you are moving, but the speed of the Earth compensates for a large part of 67,000 mph.

c)

You are not moving unless your legs or some vehicle enables you to move.

d)

Since the Earth is moving in a circle, it will equalize any sense of movement you might feel.

40.

Shaun’s mother walks him to the bus stop every morning. When the bus pulls up, Shaun gets on as his mother waves goodbye. As the bus pulls out, Shaun sees her still waving. To Shaun, how does his mother appear to move?

a)

Forward

b)

Backward

c)

She is standing still and doesn’t appear to move

d)

In the same direction as Shaun

41.

As you are riding in our card down the road, how do the light poles appear to move?

a)

Forward

b)

Backward

c)

They are stationary and do not move

d)

In the same direction as you

42.

For any object in motion, distance is always __ displacement

a)

Less than

b)

Less than or equal to

c)

Equal to

d)

Greater than or equal to

e)

Greater than

43.

A swimmer swims an entire lap, moving from the left end to the right end and back again to the left end in a pool that is 50 meters long. What is the swimmers distance? What is the swimmers displacement?

a)

The swimmers distance is 50 m and the displacement is 50 m.

b)

The swimmers distance is 50 m and the displacement is 0 m.

c)

The swimmers distance is 0 m and the displacement is 50 m.

d)

The swimmers distance is 100 m and the displacement is 0 m.

e)

The swimmers distance is 0 m and the displacement is 100 m.

44.

Action and Reaction

a)

Newton's 1st Law

b)

Newton's 2nd Law

c)

Newton's 3rd Law

45.

Law of Acceleration

a)

Newton's 1st Law

b)

Newton's 2nd Law

c)

Newton's 3rd Law

46.

Law of Inertia

a)

Newton's 1st Law

b)

Newton's 2nd Law

c)

Newton's 3rd Law

47.

Every object remain at rest or of uniform motion in a straight line unless application of a net unbalanced force causes it to change its motion

a)

Newton's 1st Law

b)

Newton's 2nd Law

c)

Newton's 3rd Law

48.

When a net unbalanced force is applied to an object, its acceleration is proportional to the size of the force and acts in the same direction as that force

a)

Newton's 1st Law

b)

Newton's 2nd Law

c)

Newton's 3rd Law

49.

Whenever an object applies a force to a second object, the second object applies an opposing force of equal size to the first object.

a)

Newton's 1st Law

b)

Newton's 2nd Law

c)

Newton's 3rd Law

50.

Fish floats and is suspended in the water. The buoyant force is (__________) the weight.

a)

greater than

b)

less than

c)

equal to

51.

Duck floats on the surface. The buoyant force is (__________) the weight.

a)

greater than

b)

less than

c)

equal to

52.

Rocks sinks. The buoyant force is (__________) the weight.

a)

greater than

b)

less than

c)

equal to

53.

Whose principle states that as the speed of a moving fluid increases, the fluid pressure decreases. (__________)

a)

Bernoulli

b)

Archimedes

c)

Pascal

54.

Whose principle states the weight of the displaced water equals the buoyant force. (__________)

a)

Bernoulli

b)

Archimedes

c)

Pascal

55.

Whose principle states that a fluid contained in a vessel exerts a pressure of equal size in all directions. (__________)

a)

Bernoulli

b)

Archimedes

c)

Pascal

56.

All fluids flow from an area of (__________) pressure to an area of (__________) pressure.

a)

low to high

b)

high to low

c)

high to high

d)

low to low

57.

Proved that heavy objects and light objects fall at the same rate

a)

Aristotle

b)

Galileo

c)

Newton

58.

Heavy objects fall faster than lighter objects

a)

Aristotle

b)

Galileo

c)

Newton

59.

Mass and distance affect force → Law of Universal Gravitation

a)

Aristotle

b)

Galileo

c)

Newton

60.

The motion of an object when gravity is the only force acting on the object

a)

Gravity

b)

Free fall

c)

Friction

d)

Projectile

61.

The force that opposes the sliding motion of two touching surfaces

a)

Gravity

b)

Free fall

c)

Friction

d)

Projectile

62.

Any two masses that exert an attractive force on each other

a)

Gravity

b)

Free fall

c)

Friction

d)

Projectile

63.

Anything that is thrown or shot through the air is called a __________________________.

a)

Gravity

b)

Free fall

c)

Friction

d)

Projectile

64.

You and a classmate are one meter apart. If you move farther away, how does the gravitational force between you and your classmate change?

a)

It increases.

b)

It decreases

c)

It stays the same.

d)

It disappears.

65.

You kick a ball on a level sidewalk. It rolls to a stop because

a)

There is no force on the ball

b)

Gravity slows the ball down

c)

Air pressure is pushing down on the ball

d)

Friction slows the ball down

66.

You push a chair at a constant velocity using a force of 5 N to overcome friction. You stop to rest, then push again. To start the chair moving again, you must use a force that is

a)

Greater than 5 N

b)

Equal to 5 N

c)

Greater than 0 N but less than 5 N

d)

0 N

67.

Bowling ball hitting pins

a)

static

b)

sliding

c)

rolling

d)

fluid

68.

Ice skating

a)

static

b)

sliding

c)

rolling

d)

fluid

69.

Piano on ground

a)

static

b)

sliding

c)

rolling

d)

fluid

70.

Plane flying

a)

static

b)

sliding

c)

rolling

d)

fluid

71.

Pushing a fridge across a floor

a)

static

b)

sliding

c)

rolling

d)

fluid

72.

Sledding down a hill

a)

static

b)

sliding

c)

rolling

d)

fluid

73.

Skateboard moving on ground

a)

static

b)

sliding

c)

rolling

d)

fluid

74.

Skydiving

a)

static

b)

sliding

c)

rolling

d)

fluid

75.

Point A is

a)

wavelength

b)

crest

c)

rest position

d)

amplitude

e)

trough

76.

Point B is

a)

wavelength

b)

crest

c)

rest position

d)

amplitude

e)

trough

77.

Point C is

a)

wavelength

b)

crest

c)

rest position

d)

amplitude

e)

trough

78.

Point D is

a)

wavelength

b)

crest

c)

rest position

d)

amplitude

e)

trough

79.

Point E is

a)

wavelength

b)

crest

c)

rest position

d)

amplitude

e)

trough

80.

Mechanical waves travel through (____________________).

a)

empty space

b)

mechanical

c)

parallel

d)

perpendicular

e)

diffraction

81.

Electromagnetic waves travel through (____________________).

a)

empty space

b)

mechanical

c)

parallel

d)

perpendicular

e)

diffraction

82.

In a Transverse wave the disturbance is (____________________) to the wave.

a)

reflection

b)

mechanical

c)

parallel

d)

perpendicular

e)

diffraction

83.

In a compressional wave the disturbance is (____________________) to the wave.

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

parallel

d)

perpendicular

e)

diffraction

84.

Light shining through a prism making a rainbow (____________________)

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

parallel

d)

perpendicular

e)

diffraction

85.

A pencil in a cup of water appearing to be broken (____________________)

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

parallel

d)

perpendicular

e)

diffraction

86.

Seeing yourself in a mirror (____________________)

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

parallel

d)

perpendicular

e)

diffraction

87.

Current always follows

a)

A path made of wire

b)

A path containing an electrical device

c)

A closed path

d)

An open circuit

88.

When you open a switch in a circuit, you

a)

From a closed circuit

b)

Reverse the current

c)

Turn off its electrical devices

d)

Turn on its electrical devices

89.

Which one of the following parts of a circuit changes electrical energy into another form of energy?

a)

resistor

b)

conductor

c)

base

d)

voltage source

90.

A circuit breaker is a safety device that

a)

must be replaced after each use

b)

has a wire that melts

c)

supplies voltage to a circuit

d)

stops the current

91.

What happens when more than one voltage source is added to a circuit in series?

a)

The voltages are added together.

b)

The voltages cancel each other out.

c)

The voltages are multipled together.

d)

The voltage of each source decreases

92.

What kind of energy does position A have on this roller coaster?

a)

Gaining potential and losing kinetic

b)

kinetic

c)

losing potential and gaining kinetic

d)

potential

93.

What kind of energy does position B have on this roller coaster?

a)

Gaining potential and losing kinetic

b)

kinetic

c)

losing potential and gaining kinetic

d)

potential

94.

What kind of energy does position C have on this roller coaster?

a)

Gaining potential and losing kinetic

b)

kinetic

c)

losing potential and gaining kinetic

d)

potential

95.

What kind of energy does position D have on this roller coaster?

a)

Gaining potential and losing kinetic

b)

kinetic

c)

losing potential and gaining kinetic

d)

potential

96.

750 Watts is equivalent to

a)

horsepower

b)

power

c)

work

d)

potential energy

e)

kinetic energy

97.

is the rate at which work is done or how quickly work is done

a)

horsepower

b)

power

c)

work

d)

potential energy

e)

kinetic energy

98.

is when a force is applied to an object and it moves the object in the same direction as the force

a)

horsepower

b)

power

c)

work

d)

potential energy

e)

kinetic energy

99.

stored due to position, condition or composition

a)

horsepower

b)

power

c)

work

d)

potential energy

e)

kinetic energy

100.

energy of matter in motion

a)

horsepower

b)

power

c)

work

d)

potential energy

e)

kinetic energy

101.

energy is never created or destroyed but instead changes from one form to the next

a)

Law of Conservation of Energy

b)

Electrical Energy

c)

Radiant Energy

d)

Chemical Energy

e)

Elastic Energy

102.

energy made available through the flow of electric current through a conductor

a)

Law of Conservation of Energy

b)

Electrical Energy

c)

Radiant Energy

d)

Chemical Energy

e)

Elastic Energy

103.

energy carried by light and other types of electromagnetic radiation

a)

Law of Conservation of Energy

b)

Electrical Energy

c)

Radiant Energy

d)

Chemical Energy

e)

Elastic Energy

104.

energy stored in the bonds of chemical compounds that is released during reactions

a)

Law of Conservation of Energy

b)

Electrical Energy

c)

Radiant Energy

d)

Chemical Energy

e)

Elastic Energy

105.

energy stored in an object when it is compressed or stretched

a)

Law of Conservation of Energy

b)

Electrical Energy

c)

Radiant Energy

d)

Chemical Energy

e)

Elastic Energy

106.

energy released when atoms split (fission) or join together (fusion)

a)

nuclear energy

b)

thermal energy

c)

sound energy

d)

gravitational energy

e)

mechanical energy

107.

energy of an object due to the kinetic energy of its atoms or molecules

a)

nuclear energy

b)

thermal energy

c)

sound energy

d)

gravitational energy

e)

mechanical energy

108.

energy transferred through a substance (medium) by a longitudinal wave

a)

nuclear energy

b)

thermal energy

c)

sound energy

d)

gravitational energy

e)

mechanical energy

109.

energy of an object due to its high position compared to a low position

a)

nuclear energy

b)

thermal energy

c)

sound energy

d)

gravitational energy

e)

mechanical energy

110.

energy of an object due to its motion and due to its position

a)

nuclear energy

b)

thermal energy

c)

sound energy

d)

gravitational energy

e)

mechanical energy

111.

refers to a group of objects that transfer energy only to each other

a)

closed system

b)

perpetual motion

c)

work

d)

power

e)

law of conservation of energy

112.

fictional machine that transfers all PE into KE and back again never losing a drop of energy

a)

closed system

b)

perpetual motion

c)

work

d)

power

e)

law of conservation of energy

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