Year 8 - Science

Example Test (Random Questions)

Name Year    Group   

 


2. What type of rock will be formed at site A to H in the diagram IGNEOUS, METAMORPHIC or SEDIMENTARY (Take care with the spelling)

Answer A     Answer B 
Answer C     Answer D 
Answer E     Answer F 
Answer G     Answer H 
 


3. Use the following words to complete the labels on the diagram; FOREARM, JOINT, BICEPS, UPPERARM, TENDON.

Answer A     Answer B 
Answer C     Answer D 
Answer E    
 

4. A rubbery substance coating bones and joints to help movements.

A. Skeleton
B. Tendon
C. Ligament
D. Cartilage
E. Blood

Answer
 

5. Which of the following cannot be used as a renewable energy resource?

A. Biofuels
B. Coal
C. Sunlight
D. Wind
E. Waves

Answer
 


6. Using the formula above what would be the power of a kettle that transfers 60,000 Joules in 30 seconds?

A. 2 W
B. 2000 W
C. 20 W
D. 200 W
E. 20000 W

Answer
 

7. Using the formula above what would be the power of a hair dryer that transfers 300,000 Joules in 100 seconds?

A. 300 W
B. 30 kW
C. 30000 W
D. 3 kW
E. 300 kW

Answer
 

8. What unit is used to measure energy?

A. Joules
B. Watts
C. Volts
D. Amps
E. Current

Answer
 


9. Put the correct words in the boxes below SHIN BONE, PELVIS, RIB CAGE, SKULL, THIGH BONE, COLLAR BONE, SPINAL COLUMN, SHOULDER BLADE (check your spelling).

Answer A     Answer B 
Answer C     Answer D 
Answer E     Answer F 
Answer G     Answer H 
 


10. Use the following words to name the parts of the digestive system; RECTUM, GULLET, SMALL INTESTINE, LARGE INTESTINE, STOMACH, LIVER.

Answer A     Answer B 
Answer C     Answer D 
Answer E     Answer F 
 

11. Complete the following sentence. 'The food is broken up into simple chemicals by ...............'

A. Mouth
B. Small Intestine
C. Body
D. Blood
E. Enzymes

Answer
 

12. Which of the following is a RENEWABLE energy resource?

A. Gas
B. Oil
C. Wood
D. Coal
E. Light

Answer
 


13. How many of the organisms in the diagram are COLD BLOODED?

A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
E. 4

Answer
 

14. How many of the organisms in the diagram are VERTEBRATES?

A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
E. 4

Answer
 

15. Which of the animals in the diagram gives birth to live young?

Answer
 


21. Name structures A and B in the diagram below using the following, Cell Membrane, Cell Wall, Nucleus, Vacuole, Cytoplasm

Answer A     Answer B 
 

22. The distance P in the diagram is the cells diaameter. It was measured on three different cells and the results were: cell 1=63 micrometres, cell 2= 78 micrometres, cell 3= 69 micrometres. Calculate the average diameter of these three cells.

Answer
 


23. In the diagram what would be the value of A?

A. 3 Volts
B. 3 Amps
C. 6 Volts
D. 6 Amps
E. 2 Amps

Answer
 

24. In the diagram what would be the value of B?

A. 2 Amps
B. 3 Amps
C. 3 Volts
D. 4 Volts
E. 6 Amps

Answer
 

25. Complete the following sentence. 'The digested food passes out of the small intestine into the ...............'.

A. Blood
B. Small Intestine
C. Body
D. Mouth
E. Enzymes

Answer