SCIENCE QUIZ BEE Grade 8 for the Selection of Contestants.pptx

For the selection of contestants for district or division quiz bee

1. SCIENCE QUIZ BEE GRADE 8 LEVEL

2. mechanics There shall be three (5) contestants for each class. The contestants must bring their own tag boards and eraser to the quiz venue. For the easy round, the contestants will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions; for the average round, 15 seconds; and finally, in the difficult round the allotted time is 20 seconds. This will be an aggregate Scoring, meaning all scores from all rounds will be added up. No elimination will happen. In case of a tie, the winner will be determined through a “sudden death” round

3. mechanics The following points and time are to be given: Easy Round 10 items 1 pt each 10 seconds average round 10 items 3 pts each 15 seconds difficult round 5 items 5 pts each 20 seconds Winners are the three contestants with the highest scores Decision of the judges/chairman is declaring winners is final and non-negotiable/irrevocable.

4. EASY ROUND

5. Which of the following planets is found between the orbits of Saturn and Neptune? a. Earth b. Uranus d. Mars c. Venus

6. 2. What do you call the push or pull on an object? a. motion b. friction d. gravity c. force

7. 3. Which of the following colors of light posses the highest frequency? a. red b. indigo d. blue c. orange

8. 4. Which of the following classes do bats, whales, and dogs belong? a. Class AReptilia b. Class Aves d. Class Amphibia c. Class Mammalia

9. 5. Which of the following scientists proposed the formula E=mc ? a. Albert Einstein b. Michael Farady d. Max Planc c. Isaac Newton 2

10. 6. What term is used to describe the sudden shaking of the earth? a. fissure b. tremor d. fault c. earthquake

11. 7. Which of the following organisms could be classified as an amphibian? a. rat b. snake c. eagle d. frog

12. 8. What is the smallest unit of matter? a. cell b. atom d. compound c. molecule

13. 9. Which of the following mixtures is essential for breathing? a. air b. sea water d. smoke c. poison gas

14. 10. What do we call animals that consume other animals? a. herbivores b. omnivores d. carnivores c. scavengers

15. average ROUND

16. 1. Based on the Law of Acceleration, which of the following would generate the highest force? a. a bullet b. a truck d. a person c. a pillow

17. 2. Which of the following typhoons was the most destructive in the history of the Philippines? a. Uring b. Yolanda d. Pablo c. Ondoy

18. 3. Which of the following properties of electricity refers to the flow of electrons in a conductor? a. resistance b. charge d. voltage c. current

19. 4. Which of the following elements necessary for breathing? a. Lithium b. Oxygen d. Carbon c. Helium

20. 5. What is the powerhouse of the cell? a. Nucleus b. Membrane d. Chloroplast c. Mitochondria

21. 6. What is the normal temperature of the human body? a. 50˚C b. 34˚C d. 35˚C c. 42˚C

22. 7. Which of the following kingdoms is comprised of all the flora on earth? a. Kingdom Animalia b. Kingdom Plantae d. Kingdom Protista c. Kingdom Archaea

23. 8. Which of the following scientists contributed to the creation of the Periodic Table of Elements? a. Isaac Newton b. Dmitri Mendeleev d. J.J. Thompson c. Niels Bohr

24. 9. What do we call a heavenly object that revolves around the sun made of rocks, metal, and dust? a. comet b. meteor d. star c. asteroid

25. 10. What is the blueprint of life where all information of an organism is stored? a. Nucleotides b. DNA d. Proteins c. RNA

26. Difficult ROUND

27. 1. Who was the scientist that formulated the Three Laws of Motion? Ans: Isaac Newton

28. 2. What is the other name of a Shooting Star? Ans: Meteor

29. 3. What element is found in all life? Ans: Carbon

30. 4. What do you call a wave that is caused by an underwater earthquake? Ans: Tsunami

31. 5. Which is faster, SOUND WAVES OR LIGHT? Ans: Light

32. Sudden death ROUND

33. What is the main source of light of the Earth? a. moon b. stars d. electricity c. sun

34. This refers to the shortest path a moving object can take to get from point A to point B. a. displacement b. velocity d. acceleration c. distance

35. Hurricanes are usually formed in which ocean? a. Indian Ocean b. Atlantic Ocean d. Arctic Ocean c. Pacific Ocean

36. Where are meteors usually seen? a. In the atmosphere b. In outer space d. underground c. On the surface of the Earth

37. What do we call the side of a mountain that faces the ocean or a body of water? a. Rain shadow b. Leeward side d. Orographic precipitation c. Windward side

38. In mitosis , how many daughter cells are produced after cytokinesis? Ans: Two (2)

39. What form of cell division only occurs in sex cells? Ans: Meiosis

40. What is the value of the speed of light? Ans: 3.0 x m/s  

41. What is the value of the acceleration due to gravity? Ans: 9.8