GRADE 8

QUIZ BEE
EASY ROUND
1 POINT EACH ITEM
1. WHAT IS THE LARGEST ORGAN
IN THE HUMAN BODY?

A.HEART
B.LUNGS
C.SKIN
D.LIVER
C. SKIN
2. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TERMS
PERTAIN TO THE BASIC UNIT OF LIFE?

A.TISSUE
B. ORGAN
C. ORGAN SYSTEM
D. CELL
D. CELL
3. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING
CARRIES THE OXYGEN IN THE BLOOD?

A. RED BLOOD CELLS

B. WHITE BLOOD CELLS
C. PLASMA
D. PLATELETS
A. RBC
4. EARTH ROTATES IN ABOUT _____
HOURS.

A. 12
B. 6
C. 18
D. 24
D. 24
5. OF THE PLANETS BELOW, WHICH
HAS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF
SATELLITES?

A. JUPITER
B. MERCURY
C. PLUTO
D. NEPTUNE
A. JUPITER
6. METAMORPHIC ROCK FORMS
AS A RESULT OF:

A. COMPACTION AND CEMENTATION

B. VOLCANOES
C. HEAT AND PRESSURE
D. COOLING MAGMA
C. HEAT AND
PRESSURE
7. THE HARDEST FORM OF
CARBON IS?

A. DIAMOND
B. GRAPHITE
C. CHARCOAL
D. COKE
A. DIAMOND
8. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE
ELEMENT WITH THE CHEMICAL
SYMBOL OF “HE”?

A. HYDROGEN
B. HELIUM
C. OXYGEN
D. LITHIUM
B. HELIUM
8. THE LIVING MATERIAL COMPRISING
THE BULK OF A CELL IS CALLED THE:

A. GENES
B.CHLOROPLAST
C.CYTOCHROME
D.PROTOPLASM
D. PROTOPLASM
9. THE THINNEST LAYER OF THE
EARTH IS?

A. CORE
B.CRUST
C.LITHOSPHERE
D.MANTLE
B. CRUST
10. RATE OF CHANGE OF
VELOCITY IS CALLED:

A. ACCELERATION
B. SPEED
C. MOMENTUM
D. WEIGHT
A. ACCELERATION
AVERAGE ROUND
2 POINTS EACH ITEM
1. EJ RAN 50 METERS IN 10 SECONDS.
WHAT WAS EJ’S AVERAGE SPEED?

A. 5 Km/h
B. 5 m/s
C. 5 m/s North
D. 2 m/s
B. 5 m/s
2. WHICH TWO SUBSTANCES CAN BE MIXED
TOGETHER TO FORM A NEW SUBSTANCE
THROUGH A CHEMICAL REACTION?

A. Baking Soda and Water

B. Baking Soda and Vinegar
C.Baking Soda and Baking powder
D. Water and Vinegar
B. Baking Soda and
Vinegar
3. MUMPS IS A DISEASE
CAUSED BY:

A. Bacterium
B. Virus
C. Protozoa
D. Fungus
B. Virus
4. WHICH PARTICLE DOES NOT
CONTRIBUTE MASS TO THE ATOM?

A. Electron
B. Nucleus
C. Proton
D. Neutron
A. Electron
5. HOW MANY BRAINS AND HOW
MANY HEARTS DOES AN OCTOPUS
HAVE?
A. 9 brains, 3 hearts
B. 1 brain, 1 heart
C. 6 brains, 2 hearts
D. 8 brains, 3 hearts
A. 9 brains, 3
hearts
DIFFICULT ROUND
3 POINTS EACH ITEM
1. WHAT IS THE STUDY
OF MUSHROOMS
CALLED?
Mycology
2. WHAT DOES DNA
STAND FOR?
Deoxyribonucleic acid
3. WHAT WAS THE FIRST
VACCINE TO BE
DEVELOPED AGAINST A
CONTAGIOUS DISEASE?
The Smallpox Vaccine
4. WHICH APOLLO MOON
MISSION WAS THE FIRST
TO CARRY A LUNAR
ROVER?
Apollo 15
5. WHAT IS THE MOST
ABUNDANT GAS IN THE
EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE?
Nitrogen