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8th Grade Science Q2

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the net force?
a)
400 N Up
b)
400 N Down
c)
- 400 N Down
d)
800 N Down
2.
What is the net force
a)
10 N
b)
0 N
c)
25 N
d)
1 N
3.

When astronauts walked on the Moon, they used weighted boots to help them walk due to the lower gravitational pull. What difference between Earth and the Moon accounts for the difference in gravity?

a)

density

b)

diameter

c)

mass

d)

volume

4.
What keeps the Moon in orbit around Earth?
a)
Earth's rotation.
b)
Earth's atmosphere.
c)
Earth's gravity.
d)
Earth's shape.
5.

What two things does gravity depend on?

a)

Mass and weight

b)

Weight and distance

c)

Mass and force

d)

Mass and distance

6.
Something that is not moving stays still, and something moving continues going until another force affects it.
a)
Inertia
b)
Velocity
c)
Acceleration
d)
Motion
7.
When two forces acting on an object are not equal in size.
a)
Balanced Force
b)
Friction
c)
Velocity
d)
Unbalanced Force
8.

Under what condition will a bowling ball slow down if it is rolling down a bowling lane at a constant speed?

a)

An accelerating force is applied to the ball.

b)

An unbalanced external force is applied to the ball.

c)

The mass of the ball is reduced.

d)

The direction of the ball is changed.

9.

What will the net force on the soccer ball be?

a)

50 N to the left

b)

50 N to the right

c)

200 N to the left

d)

200 N to the right

10.

This motion graph represents:

a)

constant speed

b)

acceleration

c)

body at rest

d)

slowing down

11.

If you increase the distance between two magnets, the force between them _______________

a)

eventually disappears.

b)

stays the same.

c)

increases.

d)

decreases.

12.

A student makes an electromagnet out of an iron rod that has wire wrapped around it and is connected to a battery. How could she make the electromagnet stronger?

a)

wrap fewer turns per length

b)

increase the length of the coil

c)

increase the current

d)

increase the length of the rod

13.

A temporary magnet ______________

a)

is a permanent magnet that has been cut in half.

b)

occurs when magnetic domains stay aligned for a short amount of time.

c)

occurs when a magnetic field surrounds a nonmagnetic material.

d)

is a magnetic field with no aligned domains.

14.

At which position will the astronaut feel a greater gravitational pull?

a)

Position B

b)

Position A

c)

Both will feel the same amount of gravitational pull

d)

Both are in zero gravity

15.

Waves transfer (a)  

Choose from the below words
Matter
Molecules
Energy
Atoms
16.

Which letter represents amplitude? (a)  

Choose from the below words
A
B
C
D
E
17.

2. What property of a wave is represented by letter B? (a)  

Choose from the below words
A. Wavelength
B. Amplitude
C. Speed
D. Frequency
18.

6. Which of the following can act as media for a wave? (a)  

Choose from the below words
A. Solids only
B. Liquids only
C. Gases only
D. Solids, liquids, and gases
19.

8. The lowest part of a transverse wave is known as a (a)   .

Choose from the below words
Trough
Crest
Compression
Rarefaction
Medium
20.

9. The frequency of a wave is measured in (a)   .

Choose from the below words
Hertz
Crest
Trough
Compression
Rarefaction
21.

What does point C represent? (a)  

Choose from the below words
Amplitude
Trough
Crest
Wavelength
22.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?
23.

What are the parts of a longitudinal wave? (a)  

Choose from the below words
Compressions and rarefactions
Crests and troughs
Compressions and crests
Rarefactions and troughs
24.

When a wave bounces off of something and moves in a different direction (a)  

Choose from the below words
reflection
refraction
absorption
propagation
25.

Which wave is pictured? (a)  

Choose from the below words
Transverse
Longitudinal
Both
Neither
26.

What types of waves can travel through empty space AND mediums? (a)  

Choose from the below words
Longitudinal
Mechanical
Electromagnetic
27.

Light bending as it passes through a raindrop is an example of (a)  

Choose from the below words
Reflection
Refraction
Absorption
28.
7. Which of the following occurs as the frequency of a wave decreases?
a)
A. The wavelength increases
b)
B. The wavelength decreases
c)
C. The wavelength increases and then decreases
d)
D. The wavelength remains the same
29.

A mechanical wave

a)

does require a medium to travel.

b)

does not require a medium to travel.

30.

Which question would you ask to determine the DIFFERENCE between an electromagnetic wave and a mehcanical wave?

a)

Which wave requires a medium?

b)

Which wave can be tranverse?

c)

Which one is a wave?

d)

What wave can travel through matter?

31.

Which electromagnetic waves have the highest frequencies and the shortest wavelengths?

a)

microwaves

b)

visible light

c)

gamma rays

d)

x-rays

32.

Which electromagnetic waves are used in ovens and cell phone communications?

a)

microwaves

b)

infrared rays

c)

gamma rays

d)

ultraviolet rays

33.

Select the correct order of waves on the EMS from the longest wavelength to the shortest wavelength

a)

Radio, Micro, Infra, Visible, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma

b)

Gamma, X-ray, Ultra, Vis, Infra, Micro, Radio

c)

Vis, Micro, Infra, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma, Radio

d)

Micro, Radio, Vis, Infra, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma

34.

What did our Balloon Lab provide evidence for?

a)

celestial objects are moving toward each other

b)

celestial objects are moving away from each other

c)

celestial objects are static

d)

celestial objects all revolve around each other

35.

Red-Shift: Light moving _____

a)
away from the observer
b)
towards the observer
c)
in a circular path
d)
in a straight line
36.

The more that the spectral lines of a star are shifted to the red end of the spectrum

a)

the larger it is.

b)

the hotter it is

c)

the faster it is moving away from us

37.

Compared to light from a stationary source at the same point, light from an object moving toward you is closer to which side of the spectrum?

a)

blue

b)

red

38.

Select the statements that are true.

a)

The raisins represent the cake.

b)

The raisins represent the galaxies.

c)

The distance between the raisins decreases.

d)

The distance betweens the raisins increases.

e)

The galaxies are getting farther apart as the universe (cake) expands.

39.

Which configuration will result in the greatest gravitational force?

a)

small masses far apart

b)

large masses far apart

c)

small masses close together

d)

large masses close together

40.

The diagram represents a standard spectrum (fingerprint) for an element.


The spectral lines of this element are observed in light from a distant galaxy. Which diagram represents these spectral lines?

a)

b)

c)

d)