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8th Grade Science Pre-Test Part 1

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15 questions
Note from the author:
Part 1 of the pretest that coincides with Milestone Review Questions
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Question 1
1.

Billie ran a 100-meter dash at her school's most recent track meet. The race course ran in a straight line. Her coach measured Billie's distance covered over each second. The results are in the graph below.
Part A: In terms of velocity and speed, from this graph, you can detect ____________ because displacement _____________.

Question 2
2.

Which of the following BEST summarizes the conclusion you can reach based on the data in the graph?

Question 3
3.

Which TWO of the following statements BEST describe one of the differences between transverse and longitudinal waves?

Question 4
4.

Look at the following pictures.

The rock resting on the picture on the left, and the fact that it would remain at rest until the man in the picture on the right attempted to move it, is an example of __________, which is detailed in Newton's __________ Law of Motion. On the other hand, the man prying the rock up from the ground in the picture on the right is an example of __________.

Question 5
5.

Which of the following statements BEST explains how magnetic and electromagnetic force are similar?

Question 6
6.

Which of the following statements BEST explains how magnetic and electromagnetic force are different?

Question 7
7.

When you are near the stage, you can hear the music the loudest. When you are near the middle or the back of the field, you can still hear the music, but less loudly. When you are getting cotton candy from the concession stand, you can't hear the music at all. Why can't you hear the music at all when you're at the concession stand?

Question 8
8.

Look at the crane using an electromagnet to move a car across a junkyard and drop it into a crusher.

For which TWO of the following reasons do engineers prefer electromagnets to regular magnets when designing a heavy-duty crane like the one shown above?

Question 9
9.

Look at the following diagram about heat transfer methods.

Janie is trying to argue how conduction and convection interact in the formation of a convection current. Which of the four arguments below would be BEST for her to model her own argument after?

Question 10
10.

In scientific terms, which of the following BEST summarizes the purpose of a runaway truck ramp?

Question 11
11.

Look at the image of ocean waves.

Choose the correct answer from the choices beneath each blank. As a wave's __________ increases, its wavelength will __________.

Question 12
12.

Darius is in the US Navy and is tasked with improving radar, a mechanism used to detect foreign aircraft, missiles, and enemies out of the range of sight. An example of a radar image is shown below.

What TWO types of light waves is Darius MOST LIKELY working with?

Question 13
13.

Davis is comparing the strength of elastic energy of three rubber bands of different sizes. Of the following choices, which one would be the BEST way for him to prove the relative elastic energy of each rubber band?

Question 14
14.

Which of the following is the BEST example to support an argument that fields exert forces on each other even when the objects exerting those fields are not in contact?

Question 15
15.

Choose the correct answer from the choices beneath each blank. An echo is an example of ___________, while seeing color is an example of ___________.