Sharjah International Private School

Term 1 2021/2022

Year 8

Ali Haider Malik

Student’s name: …………………………….

Year/section: ………………………………..
8/B

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Covid 19 Dos and Don’ts
Tick boxes to show which group each item belongs to.

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What does e-safety mean?

E-safety is often defined as the safe and responsible use of technology. This includes the use of
the internet and also other means of communication using electronic media (eg text messages,
gaming devices, email etc). In practice, e-safety is as much about behaviour as it is electronic
security.
Whack each mole with a tick.
The information you can share with others. √

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The Scientific Method is used is used to study Science, discover and understand
Science better. The steps for the Scientific method are shown below.

Wordsearch Task: Find the words and highlight them.

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Invertebrates are animals without a backbone.
A. Classify them. One group is repeated!
arthropod nematode annelid mollusc

Group Number Group Name Features

1 Worm, with segmented bodies
Annelid
3 Soft body with a shell
Mollusc
5 Worm, body not segmented
Nematode

3 Have exoskeleton, body divided

Arthropod into 3 parts, have legs

4 Mollusc Soft body without a shell

B. Classify these arthropods.

butterfly millipede spider shrimp

Name of animal features

1 pair of antennae, 6 legs, body divided into 3 parts

Butterfly

8 legs, no wings or antennae

Spider
2 pairs of antennae, hard outer covering, about 10 legs
Shrimp
1 pair of antennae, long cylindrical body with 20 or more
Millipede legs

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Continuous variation is determined by both genes and environment. Gradual changes might be
noticed.

Discontinuous variation is determined mainly by genes. These features are permanent and do
not change.

C. Put a tick in each row to identify to show what causes the variation.

Features Genetic Environmental Both

blood group

native language

weight

shape of ear lobe

vegetarian or non- vegetarian

tongue rolling

height

skin colour

natural hair colour

nose piercing

hiker’s thumb

shoe size
fingerprint

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What is photosynthesis?

D. Use the words to fill in the blank spaces.

leaves oxygen sun photosynthesis water glucose carbon dioxide chlorophyll

Photosynthesis
……………………………is the process by which green plants prepare their food. Plants take
Carbon Dioxide
in………………………………….. Leaves
through the………………………………. Water
………………………… is
Chlorophyll
absorbed from the soil by the roots. …………………………… present in the leaves traps the
Glucose
sunlight. Plants produce food in the form of a sugar called …………………………….
Oxygen
…………………………….. is given out through the leaves during this process. The light energy
Sun
needed for the reaction to happen is supplied by the ……..

1 2

4
5

Write the missing parts.

1. Sunlight 2. Oxygen 3. Carbon 4. Glucose/ 5. Water

Dioxide Sugar

E. Complete the word equation for photosynthesis.

sunlight
Water
carbon dioxide + ……………………… Glucose + oxygen
………………..
chlorophyll

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 F. Label the parts of the atom. nucleus electron proton neutron

Protons

Electrons

neutron
Nucleus

G. Write the charges.

particle charge
neutron Natural
proton Positive
electron Negative

The diagram below represents the periodic table (first 20 elements)

H. Answer the questions below.

A B

1. Noble Gasses
What element is B representing? ……………………………
2. What is the 20th element? Calcium
3. Metals are found on the left/right side. Left
4. Hydrogen
The first element on the periodic table is ………………………………..

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 I. Write each of these features in the correct column in the table. Take care –
some of them belong in more than one column!

1. have hair 7. lay eggs on land

2. have feathers 8. lay eggs in water
3. usually have four legs 9. skin smooth and moist
4. always have wings 10. always have gills
5. have fins 11. always have lungs
6. skin covered with scales 12. have gills when young, lungs
when adult

Class Features/ characteristics

1, 3
mammals

2, 4, 7
birds

Fish 5, 10, 8

Amphibians
8, 5, 9, 12, 11

Reptiles
6, 7, 11,

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 J. Testing for acids and alkalis

The pH scale allows us to measure how acidic or alkaline a solution is.

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Acids have a pH of less than ………………………………..
7
Alkalis have a pH of greater than ………………………………….

A Neutral pH is water
. An example of this would be ………………………………………

K. Answer the following

light
1. List any two things that work with mains electricity. ………………………… heating
………………………

remote
2. List two things that work with batteries. controls
………………………….. phones
……………………………………..

3. Observe the diagram and answer the following.

a. Which component provides energy?

B
………………………………………………………….
B
A
b. Which component controls the flow of
current?
A
…………………………………………………………………….. D C
c. This component connects all the parts.
C
…………………………………………………………………..

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