Grade 8 Quiz Bee

Science Quiz
Bee
Division
Festival of Talents
Easy Round
Listen attentively and analyze each questions. Choose the letter of the
correct answer. Each correct answer is 1 point for every
questions.Each questions is 5 seconds to read and answer.
Easy -20 questions

Average-15 questions
Difficult-10 questions
1. The section of DNA that is responsible for
one particular inherited trait
a. Cytoplasm
b. Chromosome
c. Gene
d. Nucleus
2.What happen to the particle of water when
it undergoes boiling?
a. Speed up and move closer.
b. Speed up and move further apart.
c. Slow down and move closer
d. Slow down and move further apart.
3. Which of the following refers to the solution that contains
less solute that can dissolve at a given temperature?
a. Solubility
b. Dilute solution
c. Saturated solution
d. Unsaturated solution
4. What is referred to as a measure of the amount of energy released in an earthquake?
A. Intensity
B. Magnitude
C. Stress
D. Tension
5. Which of the following statements is TRUE about the epicenter of an
earthquake?
A. The epicenter is where the seismographs are located.
B. The epicenter is a place on the fault where it intersects the surface.
C. The epicenter is the point on the fault’s surface within the Earth
where the rupture on the fault began.
D. The epicenter is the point on the Earth’s surface just above the
location where movement on the fault began.
6. Throwing garbage on the river would go back to the
community during the flood season. What Law of
Motion this situation applies?
A. Law of Inertia
B. Law of Acceleration
C. Law of Interaction
D. Law of Universal Gravitation
7. What process involves the change of state from solid
to gas without passing the liquid state?
A. evaporation
B. freezing
C. melting
D. sublimation
8.Which statement about mitosis is INCORRECT?
A. The first phase is prophase.
B. It forms four daughter cells.
C. It makes diploid or haploid nuclei.
D. Separation of sister chromatids occurs.
9.Humans have diploid chromosome number (2N) which is equal
to 46 chromosomes. What is the chromosome number of each
daughter cell produced during meiosis?
A.1
B. 46
C. 23
D. 92
10.They are formed when rocks are compressed.
A.Normal fault
B. Thrust fault
C. Reverse Faul
D. Strike-slip Fault
Average Round
5 points for every correct answer.
1.Oxygen’s atomic number is 8. This means that
an oxygen has:
A.Eight protons in its nucleus
B.Eight neutrons in its nucleus
C.A total of eight protons and neutrons
D. A total of eight neutrons and electrons
2. Which level of biodiversity has an important role in
maintaining the balance of the ecosystem?
A.Genetic diversity
B.Species diversity
C.Biological diversity
D.Ecosystem diversity
3.What process of turning food into smaller molecules with
the aid of enzymes?
A. Churning
B.Mastication
C. Chemical digestion
D.Mechanical digestion
How does the temperature affect the average kinetic energy of a gas
molecules?
a. As the temperature decreases the average kinetic energy of gas
molecules decreases.
b. As the temperature decreases the average kinetic energy of a gas
molecules increases.
c. As the temperature decreases the average kinetic energy of a gas
molecules remains the same.
d. As the temperature decreases the average kinetic energy of a gas
molecules fluctuates.
5.Which of the following properties of copper
make it suitable for electrical wiring?
A. Electrical conductivity
B. Luster
C. Ductility
D. Malleability
6. Objects that conduct heat and electricity are called conductors.
Which of the following is NOT an example of a conductor?
A. Aluminum
B. Metal
C. Vacuum
D. Wood
7. Organelles are found in the____of a cell.
A. Outside
B. Cytoplasm
C. Membrane
D. Nucleus
8. It is a substance consisting of the atoms of two or more
elements that are chemically combined in a fixed proportion?
A. Pure substance
B. Compound
C. Mixture
D. Elements
9.What does conservation of natural
resources mean?
A. We should wastes them.
B. We should use them wisely.
C. We should destroy them.
D. We should use them without limits.
10.Which of the following is defined as speed
with direction?
A. Acceleration
B. Distance
C. Velocity
D. Displacement
11. What will happen to the gas pressure as the temperature increases,
if the amount and volume of the gas are kept constant?
a. The gas pressure remains the same
b. The gas pressure decreases
c. The gas pressure increases
d. There is no significant effect
12. What kind of movement is exhibited by gas molecules?
a. vibrational movement
b. rotational movement
c. translational movement
d. combination of a, b and c
13. In which organs are glycogen stored in the body?
a. Liver and spleen

b. Liver and muscle
c. Liver and bile
d. Liver and adipose tissue
14. When digesting a complex carbohydrates, water is added and
simple sugar is obtained through which process?
a. Photosynthesis
b. Condensation
c. Hydrolysis
d. Dehydration
15. Lipids are insoluble in water because lipid molecules are __?
a. hydrophilic
b. neutral
c. hydrophobic
d. Zwitter ions
16. Amino acids are the building blocks of which group of
biomolecules?
a. proteins
b. carbohydrates
c. lipids
d. nucleic acid
17. When digesting a complex carbohydrates, water is added and
simple sugar is obtain through which process?
a. Photosynthesis
b. condensation
c. Hydrolysis
d. dehydration
18. Which of the following groups are classified as polysaccharide?
a. sucrose, glucose, and fructose
b. maltose, lactose and fructose
c. glycogen, sucrose and maltose
d. glycogen, cellulose and starch
19. What is most likely to happen when an aerosol can is heated?
a. the can will be deformed
b. the can will stay the same
c. the can will eventually explode
d. the can will tarnish
20. Jane can still pump air in the party balloon even though it is already
inflated. What explains this phenomenon?
a. Balloons look better if its size is bigger
b. Balloons are made up of plastic
c. The air inside the balloon is hot
d. Air molecules can be compressed
22. Which of the following samples is highly compressible at high
pressure and expandable at high temperature?
a. oxygen gas
b. aluminum sheet
c. water
d. ice
23. Determine what will happen to the temperature of a confined gas
as the pressure decreases.
a. the gas temperature stays the same
b. the gas temperature decreases
c. the gas temperature increases
d. there is no enough data
24. What do you expect to happen to the volume of a gas if its pressure
is doubled and its temperature is reduced to half?
a. its volume is increased
b. its volume is doubled
c. its volume is remains unchanged
d. its volume is decreased
25. Which of the following causes a decreasing wildlife population in
most of the places in our country?
a. loss of limiting factor
b. loss of natural disturbances
c. loss of habitat
d. loss of carrying capacity
26. A person breeds guinea pigs in a cage. After a few generation, the
breeder observes that the guinea pigs are more aggressive towards each
other, the young are less healthy and more guinea pigs die. What do you
think will happen to the population of the guinea pigs?
a. The population will remain the same
b. The population will increase
c. The population will decrease
d. The population is not affected.

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a. Liver and spleen

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