Want to see correct answers?
Login or join for free!
  Earth Science Worksheets
Looking for Earth Science worksheets?
Check out our pre-made Earth Science worksheets!
Share/Like This Page
Filter By Grade

You are browsing Grade 8 questions. View questions in All Grades.

Kindergarten Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 College Continuing Education

Browse Questions

Eighth Grade (Grade 8) Earth Science Questions

You can create printable tests and worksheets from these Grade 8 Earth Science questions! Select one or more questions using the checkboxes above each question. Then click the add selected questions to a test button before moving to another page.

Previous Page 2 of 65 Next
Grade 8 Atmosphere
What are the three main types of clouds?
  1. Altostratus, Stratus, Cirrus Status
  2. Cumulus, Altocumulus, Cumulusnimbus
  3. Stratuscumlus, Cirrus, Cululus
  4. Cirrus, Stratus, Cumulus
Grade 8 Earth's Layers
Earth's thickest layer is the                .
  1. crust
  2. mantle
  3. core
  4. lithosphere
Grade 8 Geomorphology
What do you call the process of breaking down of rock and other substances on Earth's surface?
  1. weathering
  2. erosion
  3. deposition
  4. precipitation
Grade 8 Tectonics
Which scientific theory is best represented by the diagram?
Fault - Thrust
  1. Big Bang
  2. Evolution
  3. Plate Tectonics
  4. Continental Drift
Grade 8 Atmosphere
Where do hurricanes form?
  1. over warm ocean water
  2. over mountain ranges
  3. in the desert
  4. over open fields
Grade 8 Volcanoes
How are volcanoes formed?
  1. magma pushes up through Earth's crust
  2. shock waves from movements in Earth's crust
  3. spin of Earth
  4. L-waves traveling through Earth
Grade 8 Atmosphere
Pressure decreases rapidly with altitude because the air becomes
  1. colder.
  2. less dense.
  3. warmer.
  4. rich in ozone.
Grade 8 Tectonics
Explains how sections of the crust collide, move apart, and slide past each other.
  1. Oceanic crust
  2. Plate tectonics
  3. Climate change
  4. Pangaea
Grade 8 Rocks
Which type of rocks are made from small pieces of other rocks?
  1. metamorphic
  2. igneous
  3. sedimentary
Grade 8 Tectonics
Subduction zones occur where
  1. oceanic plates move apart.
  2. continental plates move apart.
  3. an oceanic plate slides underneath a continental plate.
  4. a continental plate collides with another continental plate.
Grade 8 Atmosphere
The rising water and heavy waves of a hurricane are called this.
  1. wave storms
  2. storm surge
  3. thunderstorms
Grade 8 Minerals
Which is the way a mineral breaks apart in an irregular way?
  1. Mineral
  2. Cleavage
  3. Crystal
  4. Fracture
Grade 8 Atmosphere
When a cold air mass overtakes and pushes under a warm air mass, what type of front results?
  1. Cold Front
  2. Warm Front
  3. Stationary Front
  4. All of the above
Grade 8 Tectonics
The theory that Earth's upper mantle and crust is broken into plates that float and move around on the mantle is
  1. continental drift.
  2. seafloor spreading.
  3. plate tectonics.
  4. evolution.
Previous Page 2 of 65 Next