Year 8 Science Term 1 & Term 2 Homework

Teacher/s
Student Name
This booklet contains your holiday homework for Term 1&2. You will have activities to complete for each topic. You
can use Kerboodle, KS3 revision guides, your lesson notes and some of the links in the table below to help you
complete the booklet.
Complete the booklet as follows:
● October Half term: Interdependence, Plant reproduction, Elements, should be completed by the end of the
half term
● December End of Term: Periodic table, Energy Costs, Energy Transfer, Breathing should be completed by the
end of the term.
● February Half Term: Digestion, Types of reaction, Chemical Energy, Wave Effects should be completed by the
end of the half term
● Easter End of Term: Wave Properties, Respiration, Photosynthesis, Potential Difference, Current should be
completed by the end of the term.

Year 8 Topics
Biology Chemistry Physics
Topic: Ecosystems Topic: Matter Topic: Electromagnets
● Respiration ● Periodic table ● Electromagnets
● Photosynthesis ● Elements ● Magnetism
Topic: Organisms Topic: Reactions Topic: Waves
● Breathing ● Chemical energy ● Wave effects
● Digestion ● Types of reaction ● Wave properties
Topic: Genes Topic: Earth Topic: Forces
● Evolution ● Climate ● Contact forces
● Inheritance ● Earth resources ● Pressure
Topic: Energy
● Work
● Heating and cooling

Online Resources
KS3 BBc bitesize: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zng4d2p
Oak Academy: https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-key-stage/key-stage-3/subjects/science
 Year 8 Science Term 1 & Term 2 Homework

Interdependence

Describe the following food chain; (key words producer,

consumer, top predator)

Grass 🡪 Grasshopper 🡪 Snake 🡪 Hawk

Construct a food web from the following food chains

cabbage → caterpillar → thrush → owl

cabbage → slug → hedgehog

cabbage → slug → thrush → owl

Pesticides are spread on the field of grass from the food chain
at the top of the page, explain in detail how a hawk can
become poisoned.
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Plant Reproduction

Label the diagram below

Draw a flow chart outlining Describe what happens after

the key parts of germination pollen lands on a stigma
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Elements

Label the element, mixture and compound

What is an element? How many elements are in

the following and how many
of each are there?

What is a compound?

What is the difference between a monomer and polymer?

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Periodic Table

Label the following:

Groups
Periods
Metals
Non-Metals

Describe the reactivity of Describe the reactivity of

group 1 elements as you go group 7 elements as you go
down the group down the group

What is a compound?
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Energy Costs

What are renewable and non-renewable fuels?

What are the advantages and What are the advantages and
disadvantages of solar disadvantages of nuclear
power? power?

Calculate the running costs of a filament lamp with a 60 W

bulb and a CFL lamp with a 15 W bulb for 15 hours.

1 kWh costs 10p.

cost = power (kW) × time (hours) × price (per kWh)

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Energy Transfer

What are the 5 energy stores?

scribe the changes to energy stores when a torch is used

A torch has 150J of energy supplied from a battery, 70J are

transferred to light, 80J goes to heat, what is the efficiency of
the torch?
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Breathing

Describe how you inhale air using the key terms: chest,
pressure, volume, diaphragm, increases and decreases.

Label the main parts of the What are the effects of

breathing system smoking on the lungs?

Explain how gas exchange happens in the alveoli

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Digestion

Label the key parts of the digestive

system

Describe the chemical test for Describe the chemical test for
starch sugar

Describe the chemical test for Describe the chemical test for
protein fats

What nutrients are absorbed in the small intestine?

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Types of Reaction

What happens to the reactant atoms in a chemical reaction?

Refer to the given reaction in your answer

Why is incomplete The reaction below appears

combustion dangerous to to get heavier, explain why
humans? Magnesium + Oxygen 🡪 Magnesium Oxide
2Mg(s) + O2(g) 🡪 2MgO(s)
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Chemical Energy

Explain what enthalpy of a reaction is: use the diagram below

to assist you

Draw an energy level diagram Draw an energy level diagram

for an exothermic reaction for an endothermic reaction
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Wave Effects

Label the constituent parts of a sound wave

What is ultrasound and how What is the order of the

is it used? electromagnetic spectrum?

What is ionising radiation? What issues can it cause the body

and how can it be avoided? (specifically skin damage)
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Wave Properties

Fully label this transverse wave

Compare longitudinal and transverse

Define the following:

Reflection
Refraction
Transmission
Frequency
Wavelength
Superpose
Absorption
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Respiration

Compare aerobic and anaerobic respiration

What is oxygen debt? What is fermentation?

Describe in detail how the reactants for respiration get to cells

around the body
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Photosynthesis

Using the diagram below write a word equation for

photosynthesis

Why do stomata close? What factors affect

photosynthesis?

What minerals do plants need, where do they get them from

and why are they needed?
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Potential difference

What is the voltage across each bulb? They are all identical
and the battery provides 6V

What happens to potential What happens to potential

difference in a parallel circuit? difference in a series circuit?

How can you increase the potential difference in a circuit like

the ones above?
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Current

What is the current across each bulb? They are all identical
and the current across the battery is 3A

What happens to current in a What happens to current in a

parallel circuit? series circuit?

What is resistance and how does it relate to potential

difference and current?
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