8th Grade
Math
Math
-4k + 17 = 1
Answer: k=4
What kinds of clouds are associated with thunderstorms and severe weather?
Cumulus
Cirrus
Stratus
Cumulonimbus
Answer 4. Cumulonimbus
Which of the following is a name for a major economic downturn?2019
A. Depression
B. Inflation
C. Productivity
D. Recession
Answer: A. Depression
What counter claim could be used for the following argument?
Fruit is the only filling you should ever use in pie.
A: Fruit pies allow people to add healthy fiber from fruit to their diets.
B: Vegetable pie fillings can be good for people who find fruit too acidic.
C: Apple pie is often served warm with vanilla ice cream on top.
Answer: B: Vegetable pie fillings can be good for people who find fruit too acidic.
What a happened to Lot’s wife during the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah?
Answer: She turned into a pillar of salt as a result of looking back.
What is the slope of the following equation? y= -7x + 1
Answer: Slope = -7
The farming practice that involves growing alternating rows of cultivated plants and sod-forming plants to reduce the rates of soil erosion is _________________
Crop rotation
Contour plowing
No-till farming
Strip farming
Answer: 4. Strip farming
U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry traveled to Japan with four warships in 1853 because the United States
A. Intended to punish Japan for expanding into Korea.
B. Wanted to force Japan to open its markets to American consumer goods.
C. Hoped to annex Japan and make it a U.S. territory.
D. Planned to establish a U.S. Navy base in Japan.
Answer: B. Wanted to force Japan to open its markets to American consumer goods.
Fix any words that are used incorrectly:
Jean-Paul Sarte won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1964, but he declined to except the award for personal reasons.
Answer: accept
Biblically speaking what is a covenant?
Answer: A promise made by God
Solve the following equation:
2(x+4) = -5x+1
Answer: x = -1
What is released when a base is dissolved in water?
Answer: Hydroxide Ions (OH-)
Which event led to congress declaring war on Spain?2019
A. Explosion of the Maine
B. Arrest of Jose Marti
C. Arrival of Spanish ships in Santiago
D. Capture of San Juan Hill
Answer: A. Explosion of the Maine
Identify the logical fallacy in the following argument:
On my walk to work this morning, a woman on her bike nearly ran me off the sidewalk. I hadn’t realized that cyclists were so aggressive and rude!
Answer: hasty generalization: a very broad claim based on very little evidence
How old was Abram when he began his journey?
Answer: 75
Subtract: (4x4-5x3-8) - (6-3x2+8x3)
Answer: 4x4-13x3+3x2-14
Which solution would have the most amount of solute per solvent?
A concentrated solution of sugar and water
A saturated solution of sugar and water
A supersaturated solution of sugar and water
A dilute solution of sugar and water
Answer: 3. A supersaturated solution of sugar and water
Which of the following was a legacy of the Populist Party that the government adopted?
A. An eight-hour workday
B. Granting more power to the federal government
C. Limiting presidents to one term
D. Paper money as official U.S. currency
Answer: A. An eight-hour workday
Identify if the student text plagiarized.
Source: Loree Griffin Burns, Tracking Trash, page 3. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2007:
Nonetheless, Curt has made a name for himself in the oceanography world. He is widely considered to be the leading expert on flotsam and jetsam.
STUDENT TEXT:
Oceanographer Curtis Ebbesmeyer is known as “the leading expert on flotsam and jetsam,” or garbage floating in the ocean (Burns 3).
Answer: No, the student text properly cites the source and uses quotation marks around borrowed language.
Two of the 12 Tribes of Israel are named after the Sons of Joseph. What tribes are these?
Answer:Ephriam and Manasseh
Solve: (2u-3v-1)3
Answer: 8/u9v3
__________________are chemical ingredients used in aerosol sprays that are major contributors to the destruction of the ozone layer in Earth’s atmosphere.
Fossil fuels
Point-source nitrogens
Chloroflorocarbons (CFCs)
Carboxide solvents
Answer: 3. Chloroflorocarbons (CFCs)
What were makeshift villages patched together by homeless Americans during the Great Depression called?.
Answer: Hooverville
Demonstrate your knowledge of both the book of Luke and the structure of an introduction paragraph by writing or speaking an introduction paragraph addressing the theme of Luke.
Answer: Answers will vary but should include an attention getting lead, context, and a thesis. The theme should focus on God’s love and acceptance to those who were considered insignificant by their society.
When Abram lied about Sarai to the Pharaoh, what happened to the Pharaoh and his family as a result of the lie?
Answer: Terrible Plagues were sent to the Pharaoh and his family.