8th Grade
Science
8th Grade
Social Studies
8th Grade
English
8th Grade
Fun Facts
100

This type of energy is defined as "energy of motion"

What is kinetic?

100

There are 54 countries on this continent.

What is Africa?

100

Fill in with the proper (there/their/they're):

My family moved to Alaska because ______ tired of wam weather.  _________ furniture arrived _________ after six months. 

What is they're / Their / there?

100

This city was the birthplace of the Olympics.

What is Athens?

200

There are this many time zones in the world. 

What is 24?

200

Ninety percent of the earth's population lives in what hemisphere?

What is the northern hemisphere?

200

Every sentence needs to have a subject and a _________________. 

What is a verb or predicate?
200

This is the largest animal ever known to have lived on Earth.

What is the blue whale?

300

Boiling water is an example of what type of change?

What is physical change?

300

This mountain is the tallest in Africa.

What is Mount Kilimanjaro?

300

This figure of speech uses exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

What is Hyperbole?

300

This is the author of Touching Spirit Bear. 

Who is Ben Mikaelsen? 

400

This is the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water. 

What is photosynthesis?

400

This was a network of routes, places, and people that helped enslaved people in the American South escape to the North. 

What is the Underground Railroad?

400

What is the text structure?

He easily beat his opponent because he trained hard every day. 

What is cause and effect?

400

This is the deepest location on Earth.

What is the Mariana Trench?

500

0o latitude and 0o longitude intersect in what ocean?

What is the Atlantic Ocean?

500

DANCE BREAK!


500

This object was a symbol of trust in Touching Spirit Bear

What is an at.oow?

500

This is the currency of New Zealand.

What is the dollar?

600

This force causes a book to slow down when sliding across the floor.

What is friction?

600

The invisible line running north and south labeled 0o longitude is known as what?

What is the Prime Meridian?

600

What type of voice is this:

The award was received by him for an outstanding performance. 

What is passive voice?
600

The youngest author in the world is from what country? 

What is the UAE? (look it up!)

700

These small structures make most of the energy for the cell and are located in the cytoplasm. 

What are mitochondria?

700

This is the largest desert in Asia.

What is the Arabian Desert?

700

What is the part of speech of the word in bold:

Though Mitchell prefers watching romantic films, he rented the latest spy thriller, and he enjoyed it very much.

What is the direct object? 

700
A shape with seven sides is known as this. 

What is a heptagon?