GRADE 8 – MATH & SCIENCE TEST
SECTION A — MATHEMATICS (Equations of Lines, Slope,
Intercepts, Graphs)
Part 1: Multiple Choice (Choose the correct answer)
1. What is the slope of the line that passes through the points
(2,5) and (6,13)?
a) 2 b) 4 c) 3 d) 8
2. What is the y-intercept of the line represented by the equation
y=−3x+7?
a) –3 b) 3 c) 7 d) –7
3. A line has a slope of m=21 . Which equation could represent this line?
a) y=2x+4
b) y=21 x−3
c) y=−21 x+1
d) Both b and c
4. The graph of a line crosses the y-axis at (0, –5). What is the y-intercept?
a) –5 b) 0 c) 5 d) –1
5. A line is horizontal. What is its slope?
a) 0 b) Undefined c) 1 d) –1
Part 2: Short Answer
6. Find the slope of the line passing through the points
(−3,4) and (5,−2).
7. Write the equation of a line in slope-intercept form (y = mx + b) for a line with
slope m=−43 and y-intercept of 6.
8. A line passes through (2,7) and has slope m=3.
Write the equation of the line in point-slope form AND slope-intercept form.
9. Convert the equation 4x−2y=10 into slope-intercept form.
10. Find the x-intercept and y-intercept of the line:
y=5x−10.
x-intercept is 2 abd y- intercept is -10
Part 3: Graphing
11. On graph paper, graph the line:
y=−2x+3.
a. Label the y-intercept
b. Label two points on the line
c. Show the slope on the graph
12. Graph the following pair of lines and state whether they are parallel,
perpendicular, or neither:
a. y=21 x+4
b. y=21 x−3
SECTION B — SCIENCE (Periodic Table, Groups, Periods,
Rates of Change)
Part 1: Multiple Choice
13. A group in the periodic table is:
a) A horizontal row of elements
b) A vertical column of elements
c) A diagonal row of elements
d) A block of metals
14. A period in the periodic table is:
a) A vertical column
b) A horizontal row
c) A category of gases
d) A type of isotopes
15. Which of the following elements is a noble gas?
a) Oxygen (O)
b) Neon (Ne)
c) Sodium (Na)
d) Iron (Fe)
16. As you move left to right across a period, what generally increases?
a) Atomic mass
b) Atomic number
c) Number of protons
d) All of the above
17. A constant rate of change means:
a) The value changes by the same amount each step
b) The value increases only
c) The value jumps randomly
d) The rate increases and decreases unpredictably
A group is vertical column with similar chemical properties
Part 2: Short Answer while a period is a horizontal row with the same number of
elecrton shells
18. What is the difference between a group and a period? iron
oxygen
Use 1–2 sentences.
silicon
19. Give one example of a metal, one nonmetal, and one metalloid.
20. Sodium (Na) is in Group 1, Period 3. sodium is a a reactive metal that loses one electron to
What does this tell you about its properties? form a +1 ion it has three electron shell
21. The table below shows the distance a car travels over time:
Time (hours) Distance (km)
1 60
2 120
3 180
4 240
a) Is the rate of change constant or variable? constant change
b) What is the rate?
60 km/hour