Science Review Worksheets For Grade 8

Sussex college Wennappuwa
Grade 8
Science review worksheets – Lesson 1 to 5
READ THE TEXT BOOK CAREFULLY AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.
Lesson 1 Importance of micro organisms.

Answer the following questions
1. Define micro organisms.

2. Identify the following micro organisms.
Fungus, yeast, amoeba, Paramecium , bacteria, Clamydomonas
.
…………………. …………………… ……………….. …………………………………
………………………………………. …………………………………………………
Lesson 2 – Animal classification
Answer the following questions
Answer the following questions.
1. List the characteristics of following animal groups with examples.
Animal group Characteristics Examples

Cnidaria
Annelid
Mollusca
Arthropoda
Pices
Amphibian
Reptiles
Aves
Mammals
2. Make dichotomous key to identify following animals.

3. An unfamiliar vertebrate is discovered in a tropical forest. It is observed to
spend much of its time in water, has four limbs, eyes, nostrils and a body
temperature which varies with that of its surroundings.
(a) To which classes of vertebrate might this animal belong?
(b) What other features would you look for to be reasonably sure which was the
correct class?
Lesson 3 – Diversity and functions of plant parts.
Answer the following questions.

1. The pattern of fixing the leaf to the stem of a plant is known as leaf
arrangement. Leaf arrangement supports efficient photosynthesis. Some
leaf arrangements are given below.
a) Give the four arrangements of leaves with 2 examples each.

b) What is the importance of such leaf arrangements.
2. What is transpiration?
3. Some plants leaves show successful adaptations to minimize transpiration
in according to the environment they live. Give 4 adaptations of plants
with examples for transpiration.
4. Plant stems show vast diversity. Give examples for the following modified
plant stems.
a) Plant that have propagative stems:
b) plants store food in aerial stems
c) underground stems serve the functions of storage of food
d) stems are green and photosynthetic
e) plants fix to a support to climb up and absorb sun light efficiently
5. The basic function of root is to anchor the plant in the soil, absorb and
transport water and minerals. There are some roots which are adapted to
satisfy other functions. Other than the tap root and its branches, there are
roots which arise from other parts of the plants. These roots are known as
adventitious roots. Here are given some different kind of roots.
There are roots that adapted to fulfill many other functions. Fill the given blanks.
Types of root Explanation Example
Tuberous roots roots that are swollen due to ……………………………
storage of food are …………………………..
known as tuberous roots. ……………………………….
adventitious roots Some plants that store food in ………………………..
adventitious roots ………………….
………………………………..
Prop roots …………………………………………. Banyan , rath kadol
………………………………………….
……………………………………..
…………………………….. Adventitious roots arise from ………………………………….
the stem, grow below the ………………………………………
ground
and support the stem.
Climbing /Clasping …………………………………………. …………………………………….
roots ………………………………………….. ……………………………………….
…………………………………………
………………………………………………
Aerial roots ………………………………………….. Orchid, vanilla
………………………………………….
Respiratory roots These roots absorb air from ………………………………..
the atmosphere and supply to ……………………………………
the plant. They are specialized
roots which can be found
mostly in mangrove plants
Lesson – 4 – properties of matter
Read the text book and answer the following questions.
13. Plan and implement simple activities to show that the discontinuous
nature of matter.
14. Plan and implement simple activitie to support the fact that
gaseous matter has a particulate nature.
15.
16.
Lesson 5 – sound
1. What is sound?
2. What is source of sound?
3. Write any two sources of sound.
4. What is wave?
5. How do you produce sound?
6. Why does sound move faster in air or water?
7 . Choose the most correct answer
1. Sound travels as a wave through a medium. Through which of the following
would sound
NOT travel?
A. air
B. outer space
C. the ocean
D. wood
2. If I wanted to make the sound LOUDER, I would change the ________ of the
sound wave?
A. pitch
B. wavelength
C. amplitude
D. frequency
3. In a sound wave, what travels in the wave?

A. energy
B. frequency
C. particles
D. matter
4.In which material would sound travel the slowest?

A. milk
B. steel
C. brick
D. air
_____ 5. A reflected sound wave that you hear is called an….

A. opaque.
B. noise.
C. refracted wave.
D. echo.

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Sussex college Wennappuwa

Lesson 1 Importance of micro organisms.

1. Define micro organisms.

…………………. …………………… ……………….. …………………………………

Answer the following questions.

1. List the characteristics of following animal groups with examples.

Animal group Characteristics Examples

2. Make dichotomous key to identify following animals.

(a) To which classes of vertebrate might this animal belong?

Answer the following questions.

a) Give the four arrangements of leaves with 2 examples each.

2. What is source of sound?

3. Write any two sources of sound.

5. How do you produce sound?

6. Why does sound move faster in air or water?

7 . Choose the most correct answer

1. Sound travels as a wave through a medium. Through which of the following

3. In a sound wave, what travels in the wave?

4.In which material would sound travel the slowest?

_____ 5. A reflected sound wave that you hear is called an….

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