US Grade 8 Coding Basics Test 1

K-12 » Category

Author: TestGru Team (Education Specialist)

20 questions · All questions on one page

Prepared with up-to-date content

K-12 Grade 8 Coding Basics Middle School (Grade 8, USA Common Core) USA USA Common Core & NGSS

What is this test? for Grade 8 Coding Basics practice (Middle School 6-8, USA Common Core) — Middle School (Grade 8, USA Common Core) level, USA.
Is this for you? For Middle School students (Grade 8, 6-8) — if you are in Middle School, this is for you.
Section: K-12 Grade 8 Coding Basics · Education: Middle School · Part: K-12 Grade 8 Coding Basics · Country: USA

A regular habit of taking practice tests makes learned information stick and is one of the most important factors directly affecting exam success.

This test will help you gauge your knowledge in your field and manage your exam prep more efficiently.

By solving this test of 20 questions, you can both test your knowledge and identify the topics you need to improve.

Question 1

What does a scientist do?

A) asks questions and runs experiments

B) never tests

C) only reads

D) guesses only

Question 2

What is an experiment?

A) a song

B) a story

C) a game

D) a test to answer a question

Question 3

What is data?

A) a toy

B) asks questions and runs experiments

C) information collected in an experiment

D) a color

Question 4

What is a robot?

A) a machine that follows programmed instructions

B) a plant

C) an animal

D) a rock

Question 5

What does a programmer do?

A) designs bridges

B) writes instructions called code

C) treats patients

D) argues court cases

Question 6

What is a computer program?

A) a book

B) a TV show

C) a list of instructions for a computer

D) a sandwich

Question 7

What is recycling?

A) burning paper

B) turning used materials into new things

C) wasting water

D) throwing trash

Question 8

What is pollution?

A) harmful substances in air, water or land

B) fresh water

C) clean air

D) pretty flowers

Question 9

What is a habitat?

A) asks questions and runs experiments

B) a store

C) a school

D) where a plant or animal lives

Question 10

What is an engineer?

A) someone who cooks

B) someone who designs and builds solutions

C) someone who sleeps

D) someone who sings

Question 11

What is a hypothesis?

A) a proven fact

B) a math error

C) an educated guess tested by experiments

D) a story ending

Question 12

What tool measures temperature?

A) a clock

B) a ruler

C) a scale

D) a thermometer

Question 13

What tool measures length?

A) a thermometer

B) a beaker

C) a ruler

D) a clock

Question 14

What is gravity?

A) wind

B) sound

C) light

D) the force pulling objects toward Earth

Question 15

What is the water cycle?

A) a bike ride

B) a dance

C) a recipe

D) water moving through evaporation, condensation, precipitation

Question 16

What is an observation?

A) watching and noting what happens

B) sleeping

C) guessing blindly

D) running away

Question 17

What is a model?

A) a toy car only

B) a small copy that shows how something works

C) a painting

D) a song

Question 18

What does 'dissolve' mean?

A) to freeze

B) a solid mixing into liquid, like sugar in water

C) to burn

D) to break

Question 19

What is a shadow?

A) a sound

B) a light

C) a color

D) a dark shape when light is blocked

Question 20

Why do plants need sunlight?

A) to make food by photosynthesis

B) to sleep

C) to hide

D) to drink

US Grade 8 Coding Basics Test 1

Test Complete

About This Test