GRADE 8

ENVIRONMENTAL QUIZ
EASY
1. Which of these could help to reduce air pollution?
a. Recycling c. mining
b. Burning fossil fuels d. driving a car
2. Which of the following in NOT an alternative energy source?
a. Fossil fuels
b. Geothermal energy
c. Solar energy
d. Hydroelectric energy
3. What is recycling?
a. Using old materials to make new ones
b. Deposit of useful minerals
c. Energy from the sun
d. Thick black liquid used for energy
4. Geothermal energy is using energy from the wind.
a. True
b. False
5. How is hydroelectricity produces?
a. With Wind c. With steam
b. With Water d. With electricity

AVERAGE
1. The process in which trees are planted to re-establish trees that have been cut down is called…
a. Deforestation c. reforestation
b. Overgrazing d. harvesting
2. Why are the rainforests being chopped down?
a. There are too many trees
b. It will reduce global warming
c. To clear land for farming
d. To use the wood for fuel
3. Which of these effects does burning fossil fuels have on the environment?
a. It causes drought
b. It pollutes rivers
c. It fills up landfills
d. It causes hurricanes
4. What is the ozone layer?
a. A protective layer around the earth?
b. The center of the earth
c. A paintballing center
d. Part of the North Pole
5. From where do producers get their energy?
a. The ground c. other animals
b. Decomposers d. sun
DIFFICULT
1. In cities, traffic jams, substandard housing, and pollution can be the result of
a. Urbanization c. Urban Sprawl
b. Urban crisis d. infrastructure
2. The technology in which genetic material in a living cell is modified for medical industrial use.
a. Integrated pest management c. aquaculture
b. Genetic engineering d. domesticating
3. Which of these is NOT due to global warming?
a. The earth may warm up
b. The ice caps may melt
c. We will run out of fossil fuels
d. The sea level may rise
4. A group of the same organisms living together in the same place at the same time is:
a. An organism c. a population
b. A community d. a biome
5. The introduction of harmful levels of chemicals or waste material into the environment
a. Extinction c. biosphere
b. Pollution d. renewable
 GRADE 8
INDIVIDUAL QUIZ
EASY
1. The basic unit of life is?
a. Cell c. organ
b. Organelle d. tissue
2. What is the proper safety response to a trash-can fire in a lab?
a. Throw chemicals on fire
b. Leave the room to seek help
c. Watch the fire to see if it spreads
d. Use the appropriate fire extinguisher
3.

This tool is used to measure

a. Time c. temperature
b. Volume d. mass.
4. Which is faster in the air?
a. Speed of sound
b. Speed of light
c. Speed of Cheetah
5. Which is an example of a physical change?
a. Boiling water c. cooking an egg
b. Burning wood d. tarnishing silver

AVERAGE
1. A very large gemelina tree is measured to be about 100 units tall. Which unit is the most
appropriate to use?
a. Millimeters c. centimeters
b. Meters d. kilometers
2. Which of these phenomena is responsible for Earth’s tides?
a. Solar wind c. Gulf Stream
b. El Nino d. the moon’s gravity
3. Which device can be used to generate an external heat source for a scientific experiment?
a. Crucible c. Bunsen burner
b. Erlenmeyer flask d. titration tube
4. The sun is the hugest star in the universe.
a. True
b. False
5. A red ball is red because it:
 a. Absorbs all white light c. only reflects red light
b. Reflects all white light d. only absorbs red light

DIFFICULT
1. Which of these four planets lies farthest from the Sun?
a. Saturn c. Mars
b. Venus d. Neptune
2. Which of the following in not a method of heat transfer?
a. Convection c. conduction
b. Radiation d. absorption
3. Three small bones known as the hammer, the stirrup, and the anvil can be found in what part of the
human body?
a. The leg c. the hand
b. The nose d. the ear
4. Which effect in physics explains why a siren rises in pitch as it approaches and falls in pitch as it
departs?
a. Placebo effect c. domino effect
b. Einstein effect d. doppler effect
5. Who invented the telescope?
a. Isaac Newton c. Galileo Gallelli
b. James Watt d. Roger Bacon