8th Grade Trivia

8th GradeMath

100

Find x of the following equation:

    30=-3x + 15

x= -5

200

No Calculator:

What is the square root of 144?

Answer: 12

300

What is 1/4 + 1/2 =?

What is 3/4?

400

How man degrees does a triangle have?

180

500

Find the value of 3x3 - 4x2 + x - 5 when x = -3 

Answer -17

600

What is the formula for volume of a square?

V=S³

700

What is the diameter of a circle that has a radius of 3.25?

6.5

8th Grade Science

100

With magnets what 2 ends will attract each other?

North and South

South and North

200

How does mass effect the amount of force needed to move an object?

The greater the mass, the greater the amount of force needed to move it

300

When will magnets interact with a copper coil?

What is, when the coil has electrical current running through it? (When the coil becomes and electromagnet)

400

What is the relationship between the photosynthesis and the cellular respiration equation?

What is, they are opposite of each other?

500

The sun is highest in the sky in the Northern Hemisphere during what part of the year?

What is summer?

600

What force causes a book to slow down when sliding across the floor?

Friction

700

How do earthquakes happen?

Tectonic plates under the Earth's crust shift and move causing a massive release of energy which we feel up on the surface.

8th GradeSocial Studies

100

Who is the current Vice President of the United States of America?

Kamala Harris

200

Which branch of government is the President?

Executive.

300

What was the main cause of the civil war?

Slavery

400

What does our first amendment give us the right to?

Free Speech

500

Which country helped America in the Revolution?

France

600

Which amendment protects you from "unlawful searches?"

4th Amendment

700

What are the 2 houses of Congress called?

1) House of Representatives 

2) Senate

8th GradeEnglish

100

A person, place, or thing can be classified as a...

What is a noun?

200

express the same message in different words is called doing what?

Paraphrase

300

Giving human traits to non-human things

Personification.

400

An extreme exaggeration is..

What is a hyperbole?

500

What is a theme of a story?

the lesson, or moral the author is trying to tell the reader. (Author's message)

600

What is a verb?

a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen.

700

The beginning of a story where the author reveals the protagonist and the setting.

Exposition.

8th GradeRandom

100

What is the name of a National Park in the United States?

Yellowstone, Yosemite, Olympic, Zion, Grand Teton, Arches, Grand Canyon, Rocky Mountain, Everglades, Denali, Death Valley.......

200

What is the formula for the area of a circle?

A= (PI)r²

300

There are this many days until December 25

What is 32 days?

400

This is the 16th Letter of the Alphabet

What is P?

500

What 4 letter word can be written forward, backward, upside down, and can still be read from left to right?

NOON

600

What can you hold but not touch at all?

A conversation.

700

Find the answer (x means times)

3x5x5x6x0x7x6x8x0+6-5x3

-9