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Grade 8 Quiz Competition

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The pressure of the water at the bottom of the pond is _______ at the surface of the pond.

a)

Higher than

b)

Lower than

c)

Same

d)

Either lower or higher

2.

I can make a separate layer on water. You use me for making paper translucent. Who am I?

a)

Lemon Juice

b)

Honey

c)

Mustard oil

d)

Sugar solution

3.

A photographer wishes to take pictures without being noticed. He sets up two plane mirrors together with his camera. Which arrangement of mirrors will allow the photographer to take pictures of someone behind the camera?

a)
b)
c)
d)
4.

What travels faster, light from the sun or heat from the sun?

a)

Heat

b)

Light

c)

Both Heat and Light reach at the same time

d)

Can't say

5.

A body is said to be under balanced forces when the resultant force applied on that body is_____

a)

Zero

b)

Infinite

c)

One

d)

None of these

6.

Sunitha can type 1800 words in half an hour. What is her typing speed in words per minute?

a)

60

b)

600

c)

50

d)

3000

7.

In the given figure, which blood vessels represent pulmonary vein, pulmonary artery and vena cava respectively?

a)

P, Q and R

b)

Q, P and R

c)

P, Q and S

d)

Q, P and T

8.

Which part of the leaf controls the rate of loss of water to the air?

a)

Midrib

b)

Stomata

c)

Vascular bundles

d)

Veins

9.

Why can't we see anything in a dark room?

a)

Everything is black in colour.

b)

Our eyes do not work in darkness.

c)

No light reaches our eyes.

d)

All the light gets scattered.

10.

Woollen clothes are preferred to be worn on which of the following days?

a)

Hot day

b)

Rainy day

c)

Cold day

d)

Sunny day

11.

Root hairs are most important to plant because they

a)

Anchor a plant to the soil

b)

Provide a habitat for Nitrogen fixing bacteria

c)

Increase the surface area for absorption

d)

Contain xylem tissue

12.

During the formation of rain, what happens when water vapor changes to rain drops?

a)

Heat is absorbed.

b)

Heat is released.

c)

Heat is first absorbed and then released.

d)

There is no exchange of heat

13.

What happens when an acid is slowly added to water?

a)

It releases heat.

b)

It absorbs heat.

c)

There is no heat change.

d)

It undergoes neutralization.

14.

The bulb in the circuit given here does not glow. Which labelled part is responsible for this?

a)

P and S

b)

P only

c)

R only

d)

S only

15.

The shipping industry has to bear huge financial loss because of rusting of ships. The rusting of ships occur because:

a)

the body of ship is always in contact with water.

b)

the air around the ship is humid.

c)

presence of salts in sea water speed up the process of rusting.

d)

All of the above