8th Grade Science Test One Review Sheet 2015-2016
Review Sheet Due: Tuesday, 9/8
Test Date: Thursday, 9/10
Test will cover:
Safety
Tools and Equipment
Quiz covering safety and equipment
Lab Outline/Template (how to write-up a lab)
Lab 1.1- what did you learn? Look at purpose. What happens when baking soda is heated? Is the heated
substance still baking soda? How do you know?
1.1-1.3 in IPS textbook
HDL Questions 1- 12 (be sure to study concepts of HDL questions and your corrected answers)
Practice Questions:
1.
What tool would be best to measure exactly 10 mL of water? Why?
2.
What part of the lab write-up contains the step-by-step directions of how to complete the lab?
3. If there was an uncontrolled fire in the lab/classroom, what three pieces of safety equipment
could be used to extinguish the fire?
4. What is a meniscus? Where should you read a meniscus?
5. What is the formula to measure the volume of a regularly shaped solid?
6. How do you measure the volume of a liquid?
7. What scale reading (listed below) corresponds to the position of the edge of the block shown in
the figure?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
16.3
16.30
16.33
16.35
There is no scale reading, since the edge of the block is not on a division
8.
What is the volume, in cm3, of the rectangular block shown to the right?
9. What should the “data” section of a lab write-up contain?
10. The first thing you should do before beginning a lab is?
A. Gather all materials
B. Completely read all directions
C. Light you alcohol burner to begin heating
D. Write your conclusion
E. Answer all BDQ
11. What is the difference in a qualitative and a quantitative observation? Give two examples of
each.
12. If baking soda was accidently left out of bread dough; what do you predict the result would be
after that bread was finished baking?
13. How would you determine the volume of an irregularly shaped solid? Explain