DOBO CYCLE BASIC SCHOOL

END OF FIRST TERM EXAMINATION

GRADE 8 GENERAL SCIENCE PAPER 1 TIME:
45Minutes

NAME: …………………………………………………………………………………... CLASS: …………

1. Which of the following life A. auditory nerve B. olfactory

processes takes place in the nerve
mitochondrion? C. optic nerve D. spinal nerve
A. growth B. nutrition
C. respiration D. reproduction 10. Multicellular organisms are
……….
2. Gases can be compressed because A. All vertebrate
their particles …… B. All invertebrates
A. Are far apart C. Made up of a single cell
B. Are in constant motion D. Made up of different cells
C. Attract each other
D. Rub against each other 11. Find the volume of the liquid
whose mass is 60g and density is
3. Biological science is divided into 0.8g/cm3.
….branches A. 48cm3 B. 59.2cm3
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 C. 60.8cm 3
D. 75.0cm3

4. If a rectangular block weighs 400N, 12. An example of miscible liquid

determine its mass is
A. 4Kg B. 40Kg C. 400Kg D. A. water and oil B. water and
4000Kg petrol
C. water and alcohol
5. The energy possessed by a metal D. water and kerosene
block raised to a height above the
ground level is 13. Which scientist discovered
A. chemical energy B. heat the telephone?
energy A. Gregor Mendel B. Graham Bell
C. kinetic energy D. potential C. Louis Pasteur D. Alexander
energy Fleming

6. Which of the following elements is 14. Pure water can be obtained

a non-metal from muddy water by
A. Cl B. Mg C. Ca D. K A. cooling B. decantation
C. distillation D. evaporation
7.
A. Free from bacteria 15. When water freezes it
B. Free from bad odour A. contracts B. evaporates
C. Good for the teeth C. expands D. evaporation
D. Soft and easy to drink
16. Which of the following
8. Goitre is caused by the deficiency vitamins is formed in the skin of
of humans on exposure to sunlight?
A. Calcium B. iodine A. A B. C C. D D. K
C. iron D. vitamin C
17. The living material of an
9. The nerve that carries impulses animal cell consists of the nucleus
from the eye to the brain is called and ……
A. cell wall B. chloroplast
 C. cytoplasm D. vacuole
28. Which of the following
18. The chemical formula for substances is the basic of
water is microchips?
A. HO2 B. H2O C. O2H D. 2HO A. lead B. neon
C. silicon D. sulphur
19. Which of the following is not
part of water cycle? 29. Which of the following
A. clouds B. rocks processes is a characteristic of all
C. streams D. trees living things?
A. irritability B. photosynthesis
C. transpiration D. translocation
20. The colourful part of the
human eye is the …. 30. The region of influence
A. cornea B. iris around a magnet is called …..
C. lens D. sclera A. domain B. field
C. force D. pole
21. A bullet moving from a gun
possesses ……… energy. 31. Which of the following is the
A. kinetic B. electrical purest form of natural water?
C. potential D. magnetic A. rain water B. river water
C. sea water D. stream water
22. The process of which a solid
changes directly into gas is 32. The plant chlorophyll
A. condensation B. evaporation converts solar energy into
C. melting D. sublimation A. potential energy B. light
energy
23. A disease caused by a C. heat energy D. chemical
nutrient lacking in the diet is energy
referred to as …… disease.
A. air borne B. contagious 33. Energy is measured in
C. deficiency D. inherited A. joules B. hertz C. newton D.
watts
24. Which of the following
balance does not operate as a 34. Which gas is more suitable
lever? for filling balloons and airship?
A. beam balance B. chemical A. argon B. neon C. helium D.
balance argon
C. top pan balance D. spring
balance 35. The sum of different
population in a habitat is called …..
25. The skin is a sense organ A. community B. ecology
because it has C. ecosystem D. food chain
A. blood capillaries B. fat deposit
C. nerve ending D. sweat gland 36. A piece of metal 6cm long,
2cm thick and 2cm wide has a
26. A mixture of iron filling and mass of 360g. what is its density?
sulphur can be separated by A. 15g/cm3 B. 24g/cm3
A. distillation B. hand picking C. 36g/cm 3
D. 360g/cm3
C. filtration D. magnetization
37. Single cell organisms are
27. The basic structural unit of called ………
life is A. unicellular B. multicellular
A. tissue B. organ C. atoms D. matter
C. nucleus D. cell
38. Which of the following is
equal to a meter?
A. 1 Cm B. 10 Cm
C. 100 Cm D. 1000 Cm

39. Which scientist is well known

for introducing the atomic theory?
A. Darwin B. Dalton
C. Einstein D. Pasteur

40. A force can do all the

following except?
A. Change of shape
B. Prevention of movement
C. Change of direction
D. Reproduction of offspring