Grade 8 Science practice sheet
BC Curriculum · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
What are the products of cellular respiration?
- energy, carbon dioxide and water
- glucose and oxygen
- only sugar
- only oxygen
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energy, carbon dioxide and water
Hint: Cells use glucose and oxygen to release energy, making carbon dioxide and water.
Question 2
A fever during an infection can be helpful because…
- it kills the person's own cells
- a higher body temperature can slow some germs and boost the immune response
- it cures every illness
- it replaces antibodies
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a higher body temperature can slow some germs and boost the immune response
Hint: Fever is one of the body's defence responses, though very high fevers need medical care.
Question 3
What happens to the particles of a substance when it is heated?
- They move faster.
- They shrink.
- They stop moving.
- They disappear.
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They move faster.
Hint: Heat adds energy, so particles move faster.
Question 4
Which has the shortest wavelength?
- infrared
- gamma rays
- visible light
- microwaves
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gamma rays
Hint: Gamma rays have the shortest wavelength and the most energy.
Question 5
Which type of plate boundary is it? Sort each description.
Sort into: ↔️ Divergent · ➡️⬅️ Convergent · ↕️ Transform
- 🌉the San Andreas Fault
- 🏔️two continents collide to build mountains
- 🌊new crust forms at a mid-ocean ridge
- 🏜️plates pull apart in a rift valley
- ⚡plates grind sideways past each other
- 🌋an oceanic plate sinks under a continent
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↔️ Divergent: new crust forms at a mid-ocean ridge, plates pull apart in a rift valley · ➡️⬅️ Convergent: two continents collide to build mountains, an oceanic plate sinks under a continent · ↕️ Transform: the San Andreas Fault, plates grind sideways past each other
Hint: Divergent boundaries pull apart (new crust). Convergent boundaries push together (mountains, subduction). Transform boundaries slide past each other.
Question 6
Which organelle releases energy from food for the cell?
- chloroplast
- cell membrane
- mitochondria
- nucleus
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mitochondria
Hint: Mitochondria carry out cellular respiration, releasing usable energy.
Question 7
Antibiotics are used to treat infections caused by…
- allergies
- bacteria
- viruses
- dust
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bacteria
Hint: Antibiotics do not work on viruses such as those that cause colds and flu.
Question 8
Which is a physical change?
- Milk turning sour
- Wood burning
- Ice melting
- Iron rusting
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Ice melting
Hint: In a physical change, no new substance forms.
Question 9
Which has the longest wavelength?
- ultraviolet
- visible light
- X-rays
- radio waves
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radio waves
Hint: In order from longest to shortest: radio, microwave, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, X-ray, gamma.
Question 10
The “Ring of Fire” is a belt of earthquakes and volcanoes around which ocean?
- the Indian Ocean
- the Arctic Ocean
- the Atlantic Ocean
- the Pacific Ocean
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the Pacific Ocean
Hint: Many plate boundaries meet around the edge of the Pacific.
Answer key
- 1. energy, carbon dioxide and water (Cells & Life Processes)
- 2. a higher body temperature can slow some germs and boost the immune response (Microbes & the Immune System)
- 3. They move faster. (Particles & Matter)
- 4. gamma rays (Light & Radiation)
- 5. ↔️ Divergent: new crust forms at a mid-ocean ridge, plates pull apart in a rift valley · ➡️⬅️ Convergent: two continents collide to build mountains, an oceanic plate sinks under a continent · ↕️ Transform: the San Andreas Fault, plates grind sideways past each other (Plate Tectonics)
- 6. mitochondria (Cells & Life Processes)
- 7. bacteria (Microbes & the Immune System)
- 8. Ice melting (Particles & Matter)
- 9. radio waves (Light & Radiation)
- 10. the Pacific Ocean (Plate Tectonics)
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