Science

Revision Booklet
8C, 8D, 8G, 8H, 8I, 8J, 8K and 8L

Name: ……………………………………………

Year 8: ……………………

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Unit 8 C:
Question 1:

Yeast cells produce carbon dioxide when they respire. The table shows how temperature affects the
rate of respiration.

Temperature (°C) Carbon dioxide production

per hour (mm3/g)
10 30
15 36
20 52
25 95
30 106
35 80

1- a) Plot the data in the table on the graph below.

b) Draw a smooth curve through the points to make a line graph.

2- Describe how carbon dioxide production changes with temperature.
3- What is the temperature range represented on the graph?
4- a) Give the meaning of “optimal temperature”.
b) What is the optimal temperature for growing yeast? Explain your answer.

Question 2:
1- Name a disease spread by:

a) Droplets
b) Contaminated food
c) Contaminated water
d) Contact
e) By animals

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2- Name a disease caused by
a) A virus
b) A bacterium
c) A fungus
d) A protist

Question 3:
Give the meaning of:

a) Antibodies
b) Immunization
c) Sterilization
d) Pasteurisation
e) Jab

Question 4:

1- Explain how the micro-organisms are stopped from getting into the body through the following
barriers.
a) Skin
b) Eyes
c) Mouth and stomach
d) Nose and trachea

2- Explain how the white blood cells fight against a disease.

3- Explain how antibodies fight against a disease.
4) Explain how getting the measles once makes you immune against this disease.
5) Explain why you might get some of the viral infections more than once.
6) Explain how jabs makes you immune against some diseases.

3- Compare viruses vs bacteria vs fungi. (size, structure, uses , ….)

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Unit 8 D:

Question 1:
Circle the correct answer
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Question 2:

1- Give the meaning of the following:

a) Habitat
b) Ecosystem
c) Population
d) Consumer
e) Producer
f) Prey
g) Predator

2- Name the different groups of vertebrates and invertebrates.

3- Name the different groups of vascular and non-vascular plants. Mention 2 properties for each
group.

Question 3:
Anna was trying to find out the number of different plants and insects in her garden.
She used a quadrat with a surface of 0.5m2 and placed it in 4 different areas in her garden. The
number of each species is recorded in the following table:

Species Area 1 Area 2 Area 3 Area 4 Average in Average

0.5m2 number in
the garden
Dandelions 5 5 6 6
Roses 8 6 2 4
Green fly 3 5 4 6
Ladybirds 3 3 3 3
Butterflies 4 4 2 8
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1- Fill in the table with the average number of each species.
2- Given that the surface area of the garden is 4m2, fill in the last column in the table with the
estimated number of each species in the garden.
3- In this garden a big rosebush is populated by ladybirds
The ladybirds are eaten by thrushes
Lots of parasites are living on thrushes and sucking their blood.
a) Draw the food chain described above.
b) Draw the pyramid of numbers for the previous food chain.

Units 8G-8H:

Question 1:
Circle the correct answer.

1- Rocks are made from minerals. What is the best description of a mineral?
A) A pure element
B) A mixture of different elements
C) A chemical compound
D) A mixture of rocks

2- Which description corresponds to erosion?

A) Moving rock fragments by water, wind or glacier
B) Settling out of rock grains or stones
C) Wearing away of a rock face
D) Breaking down rocks into smaller fragments

3- Exfoliation or flaking of rocks due to expansion in extremely high daytime temperatures with
contraction in extremely low nighttime temperatures is a form of:
A) Erosion
B) Physical weathering
C) Chemical weathering
D) Abrasion

4- Water can break down rocks because:

A) Water carries strong acids that erode rocks
B) Water takes up less space when it freezes and rocks collapse inward
C) Water expands when it freezes in cracks in rocks
D) Water causes biological weathering

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Question 2:
A gravestone has been standing for over 100 years. It is made from limestone. Rain has fallen
on it, and chemical weathering has worn it away.

1- What makes rainwater acidic?

2- What happens when rainwater weathers the gravestone?
3- Suggest a different kind of rock that the gravestone could have been made from to make it last
longer.

Question 3:
Samina did an experiment to find out how much water different kinds of rock would soak up.
First she found the mass of each rock.
Then she put the rocks in water, and left them there for half an hour.
Then she found the masses of the rocks again.

1- What piece of apparatus would Samina need to find the masses of the rocks?

2- What should Samina do to make sure her test is fair? Circle two answers.
a) Each piece of rock should have the same mass to start with
b) She should use hot water
c) The rocks should all be the same colour
d) The rocks should all be left in the water for the same length of time
e) The rocks should all be the same size

3- This table shows Samina’s results.

Rock Mass at beginning Mass at end Change in mass

A 50 g 55 g
B 42 g 48 g
C 59 g 61 g

a) Fill in the table with the change of mass for each rock.
b) Which rock absorbed the most water?

Question 4:
1- Draw a diagram that shows a volcano erupting.
2- Draw an X on the diagram where there is molten rock or lava.
3- Draw a Y on the diagram where there could be solid igneous rock.
4- Draw a Z at a place where metamorphic rock could be formed.

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Question 5:
1- What is the best kind of stone to use for roofing? Circle two answers.
a) Crumbly
b) Not porous
c) Porous
d) Splits into layers

2- Which stone is best for roofing? Circle one answer

a) Slate
b) Granite
c) Sandstone
d) Limestone

Unit 8I:

Question1:
Comparing conduction vs convection: state whether the followings describe conduction or convection
by putting the numbers in their correct places.

Question 2:

1- Which phrases describe a heat insulator? Circle two answers.

a) Something that lets heat flow through it easily.

b) Something that does not let heat flow through it easily.
c) A good heat conductor
d) A poor heat conductor

2- Which of these materials are good heat insulators? Underline four answers.
Iron Plastic Copper Steel
Wood Feathers Aluminium Rubber
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Question 3:
Danny and Ravi had each a can of lemonade placed in the same fridge.

1- Danny took his can out of the fridge and left it on the table.
a) What will happen to the temperature of lemonade in this can?
b) Suggest what temperature the lemonade will be after 3 hours.

2- Ravi took his can out of the fridge and putted it into a foam container. Ravi’s lemonade stayed cold
longer than Danny’s. Explain why this happened?

3- What did Danny and Ravi make to have a fair test?

4- What other things could be done to ensure that their test is fair.

Unit 8J:

Question 1:

1- Draw a bar magnet and show its magnetic field lines.

2- Name four magnetic materials and four non-magnetic materials.
3- Where does the north pole of a magnet point if it’s left to move freely? Explain why.
4- How do magnets behave if their similar poles are facing each other?
5- How do magnets behave if their unlike poles are facing each other?
6- What will happen to the domains in an iron nail if it gets magnetized?

Question 2:

1- Ruth placed two compasses onto a piece of card. Both compass needles pointed in the same
direction.
Explain why.

2- Ruth placed a bar magnet with its South pole between the two compasses. The compass needles
moved as shown below.
On the diagram below, label the North pole and South pole of each compass needle.
Use the letters N and S.

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2- Ruth turned the bar magnet round so that the North pole was between the two compasses.
On the diagram below, label the North pole and South pole of each compass needle now.
Use the letters N and S.

3- Ruth repeated her experiment with an aluminium bar instead of a bar magnet.
What happened to the compass needles?

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Unit 8 K:
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Unit 8 L:
Question 1:

1- We can hear somebody speaking because sound waves enter our ears.

a) What do our eardrums do when sound waves reach them?

b) Sometimes a lot of wax is produced in the ear. The wax rests against the eardrum.
Give one reason why we cannot hear very well when our ears contain a lot of wax.
c) Give two other problems that might affect hearing.

2- The table below shows the lowest and highest frequencies that five living things can hear.

a) Which three living things from the table cannot hear a frequency of 43 000 Hz?
b) From the table, choose the living thing that can hear the biggest range of frequencies.

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