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8th Grade Science Final

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is heredity?

a)

the passing of traits from parents to offspring

b)

the passing of traits from offspring to parents

c)

the random assignment of traits to offspring

d)

the distribution of x and y chromosomes to offspring

2.

Which of the following is NOT true about DNA?

a)

traits are coded

b)

acquired throughout your life

c)

traits can be passed through many generations

3.

How many possible trait combinations can result from the same 2 parents?

a)

1,000

b)

5,000,000

c)

23,000

d)

8,000,000

4.

What's the term?

letter codes for a trait (BB, Bb)

a)

genotype

b)

phenotype

c)

Heterozygous

(Hybrid)

d)

Homozygous

(Purebred)

5.

What's the term?

Purebred (BB) or (bb)

a)

genotype

b)

phenotype

c)

heterozygous

d)

homozygous

6.

What's the term?

Hybrid - mix (Bb)

a)

genotype

b)

phenotype

c)

heterozygous

d)

homozygous

7.

What's the term?

actual physical characteristics (red hair, brown eyes)

a)

genotype

b)

phenotype

c)

heterozygous

d)

homozygous

8.

What's the term?

the change in hereditary features of a population of organisms over time

a)

survival of the fittest

b)

evolution

c)

extinct

d)

mitosis

9.

What's the term?

individuals best adapted to their environment are most likely to survive and reproduce

a)

sex cells

b)

chromosomes

c)

evolution

d)

survival of the fittest

10.

In Convection Currents, what causes the plates to move?

a)

air pressure

b)

gravity

c)

heat

d)

water

11.

What makes seismic waves that travel through all surfaces and in all directions (boundaries)

a)

rocks

b)

earthquakes

c)

volcanoes

d)

tornados

12.

Which of the following builds MOUNTAINS?

a)

compressional force

b)

Faults

c)

folds

13.

True or False:

When determining the RELATIVE AGE of rocks, the oldest rocks should be on the bottom)

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

14.

What's the term?

General age based on comparing rock layers to the location of other layers and using fossils and fault lines

a)

absolute age

b)

relative age

15.

What's the term?

Specific age of a rock

a)

relative age

b)

absolute age

16.

Earth is estimated to be ______ years old.

a)

2022

b)

4.5 billion

c)

3 million

d)

2.9 trillion

17.

What's the longest section of time in the geologic time scale?

a)

Mesozoic

b)

Cenozoic

c)

Precambrian

d)

Paleozoic

18.

What type of Asexual Reproduction is defined below?

a new organism can grow from a separated piece (starfish)

a)

parthenogenesis

b)

fission

c)

budding

d)

regeneration

19.

What type of Asexual Reproduction is defined below?

reproduction by forming buds off the parent and then detaching (yeast)

a)

budding

b)

fission

c)

regeneration

d)

plant propagation

20.

What type of Asexual Reproduction is defined below?

reproduction through eggs that hatch without fertilization

a)

fission

b)

parthenogenesis

c)

regeneration

d)

budding

21.

What type of Asexual Reproduction is defined below?

strawberry, potato, plants that grow by spreading roots/vines

a)

regeneration

b)

fission

c)

budding

d)

plant propagation

22.

Which type of force is defined below?

force of attraction, pulls things together (non-contact)

a)

gravity

b)

friction

c)

weight (force)

d)

magnetic force & electric force

23.

Which type of force is defined below?

when two surfaces touch, produces heat, and tries to reduce movement (objects come into contact)

a)

gravity

b)

friction

c)

weight (force)

d)

magnetic force & electric force

24.

Which type of force is defined below?

mass + pull of gravity

a)

gravity

b)

friction

c)

weight (force)

d)

magnetic force & electric force

25.

Which of the following forces is defined below?

as the distance increases, the force strength decreases

opposites attract & similar charges repel (non-contact forces)

a)

gravity

b)

friction

c)

weight (force)

d)

magnetic force & electric force

26.

In Newtons 1st Law of Motion,

a __________ force = Net force is 0 Newtons

a)

balanced

b)

Unbalanced

27.

Which of the following is NOT a way in which forces are considered balanced (0 Net Force)?

a)

if the object is not moving

b)

if the object's motion is constant

c)

if the forces cancel out

d)

if the object's speeding up