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Grade 8 Science 1st Quarter Exam

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Sound is received in your ear through

a)

the vibration of matter such as air, water, or other material

b)

energy waves that can go through empty space

c)

vibrations of space

2.

The word for when light bends when passing from one medium to another?

a)

Radiation

b)

Refraction

c)

Reflection

d)

Opaque

3.

What type of materials do NOT let light travel through them?

a)

transparent

b)

transluscent

c)

opaque

4.

What occurs when light hits and object and bounces off the surface?

a)

Refraction

b)

Reflection

c)

Color

d)

Gamma Ray

5.

Which object MAKES light?

a)

The sun

b)

Mirrors

c)

Eyes

d)

The Moon

6.

A rainbow occurs because of

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

7.

Which of the following visible colors has the shortest Wavelength?

a)

Violet

b)

Green

c)

Yellow

d)

Red

8.

Number 1 represents the

a)

Wavelength (corresponds to rate/frequency of the wave)

b)

Amplitude (corresponds to energy/volume)

9.

The dark parts of the slinky represent

a)

Transverse Waves

b)

Compression waves

10.

Diamonds Sparkle because

a)

Light gets stuck inside the diamond and can't get out

b)

Light bounces off the inside and back out to your eye

c)

They are expensive and rare

d)

They are carbon based and made over millions of years

11.

Which part of your eyes changes shape to make objects focus, just like glasses?

a)

Iris

b)

Lens

c)

Cornea

d)

Optic Nerve

12.

Which of the following visible colors has the longest Wavelength?

a)

Purple

b)

Green

c)

Yellow

d)

Red

13.

Echo's happen when

a)

Waves bring so much energy that that they go through the surface

b)

Waves bounce off a material and travel back towards the source

c)

Waves travel so far that they lose all their energy

14.

White light will refract into colors of the rainbow when it interacts with a:

a)

Prism

b)

Block of wood

c)

Mirror

d)

Metal table

15.

Light travels in a line.

a)

straight

b)

slanting

c)

curved

16.

Sound is a form of .

a)

energy

b)

force

c)

shock waves

d)

liquid

17.

During a thunderstorm we can see lightning before we can hear thunder. Give reason?

a)

light travels faster than sound .

b)

thunder travels faster than sound

c)

sound travels faster than lightning.

d)

sound travels faster than light.

18.

Molecules are in constant __________.

a)

hibernation

b)

motion

c)

collision

d)

temperature change

19.

Which of these best shows the particles in a solid?

a)

The one on the left.

b)

The one in the middle.

c)

The one on the right.

20.

When a substance heats up, the particles move faster, and the substance __________.

a)

melts

b)

contracts

c)

turns into a gas

d)

expands

21.

When you measure temperature, what are you measuring?

a)

What state of matter something is.

b)

The potential energy of the molecules.

c)

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d)

The kinetic energy (speed) of the molecules.

22.

What's the freezing point of water on the Celsius scale?

a)

320

b)

1000

c)

00

d)

2120

23.

What's the boiling point of water on the Celsius scale?

a)

1000

b)

2120

c)

00

d)

320

24.

Heat transfer through direct contact is called _______________.

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

d)

An accident waiting to happen.

25.

What phase change occurs when an ice cube turns to water?

a)

Freezing

b)

Condensation

c)

Vaporization

d)

Melting

26.

What phase change occurs when water vapor cools and forms water droplets?

a)

Vaporization

b)

Melting

c)

Condensation

d)

Freezing

27.

What phase change occurs when water boils and turns from a liquid to a gas?

a)

Freezing

b)

Melting

c)

Condensation

d)

Vaporization

28.

What phase change occurs when a liquid cools and turns into a solid?

a)

Freezing

b)

Vaporization

c)

Melting

d)

Condensation

29.

What form of heat transfer does this picture show?

(Boiling eggs in water)

a)

Conduction

b)

Breakfast

c)

Radiation

d)

Convection

30.

What is the meaning of temperature?

a)

The amount of water in a container

b)

The size of a shadow.

c)

The measure of how cold or hot something is.

d)

The amount of heat contained