WorksheetsGrade 8 Science FSSA Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
Anika is conducting an experiment in her science class. She needs to label the chemical elements she is using. What is the chemical symbol for the element oxygen?
O
Ox
Oy
Og
Which organelle is known as the "powerhouse of the cell"?
Nucleus
Mitochondria
Ribosome
Chloroplast
Emma is driving her car on a highway. She wants to calculate her speed. What formula should she use?
Distance ÷ Time
Time ÷ Distance
Mass × Acceleration
Force ÷ Area
Which planet is known as the "Red Planet"?
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Mercury
Which of the following is an example of a physical change?
Burning wood
Melting ice
Rusting iron
Baking a cake
Imagine you are a delivery driver like Mason, responsible for ensuring that all packages reach their destinations on time. Which of the following best describes the function of the circulatory system in a similar way?
Breaking down food
Transporting nutrients and oxygen
Sending signals to the brain
Filtering waste from blood
Benjamin is conducting an experiment to find the density of a rock. He measures the mass of the rock as 250 grams and its volume as 50 cm 3 . What is the density of the rock?
5 g/cm 3
0.2 g/cm 3
200 g/cm 3
300 g/cm 3
Kai is watching a moving car on the road. Which of the following is an example of kinetic energy?
A stretched rubber band
A moving car
A battery
A book on a shelf
Michael is conducting an experiment by placing a plant in a dark room. What will most likely happen to its rate of photosynthesis?
It will increase
It will decrease
It will stay the same
It will double
Grace is observing her garden on a sunny day and notices that the leaves of her plants seem to be releasing water into the air. Which process is responsible for this movement of water from plant leaves to the atmosphere?
Condensation
Transpiration
Precipitation
Infiltration
Grace is at the beach and accidentally mixes some sand into her bag of salt. Which method should she use to separate the salt from the sand after adding water?
Filtration
Magnetism
Chromatography
Decanting
Nora is setting up a small circuit for her science project. She notices that the light bulb lights up when she uses a metal wire. Which of the following best explains why metals are good conductors of electricity?
They have tightly bound electrons
They have free-moving electrons
They are magnetic
They are dense
James conducted an experiment where he placed one plant in sunlight and another in a dark room. He observed that the plant in sunlight grew taller. What is the most reasonable explanation for this observation?
Sunlight provides heat for the plant
Sunlight is needed for photosynthesis, which helps the plant grow
Plants in the dark use more water
Plants in sunlight lose more leaves
Rohan drops a basketball from a height and observes it bouncing several times, each time reaching a lower height. Which scientific principle best explains why the basketball does not bounce back to its original height?
Conservation of mass
Conservation of energy, with some energy lost as heat and sound
Law of inertia
Newton’s third law
Olivia mixes two clear household cleaning liquids and observes the formation of a white solid at the bottom of the container. What type of change has most likely occurred, and what evidence supports this conclusion?
Physical change; the liquids are still clear
Chemical change; a new substance (precipitate) formed
Physical change; a solid was filtered out
Chemical change; the temperature decreased
David and William are observing a population of rabbits in a forest that decreases rapidly after a new predator is introduced. What is the most likely reason for this change in the rabbit population?
Increased food supply
Increased predation
Decreased competition
More shelter available
Lucas is learning about the states of matter. He wants to know what happens to water when it is heated to 100 degrees Celsius. What is the correct answer?
It condenses
It freezes
It boils
It sublimates
Which of the following best describes the role of chlorophyll in plants?
Absorbing water
Providing structure
Transporting nutrients
Absorbing sunlight for photosynthesis
These elements are shiny, malleable, ductile, and good conductors of heat and electricity.
Metalloids
Non-Metals
Metals
Quarks
On the pH scale, which item will be the most acidic?
Milk of Magnesia 10
Water 7
Coffee 5
Lemon Juice 2
