Things 8th Graders Should Know

Question 1

How many bones do sharks have in total (not including teeth)?

Accepted Answer

0

Question 2

What is the term for the species that can live on both water and land?

Accepted Answer

Amphibian

Question 3

What resource covers most of the Earth?

Accepted Answer

Water

Question 4

What do you call animals that eat only plants.

Accepted Answer

Herbivore

Question 5

The interior angles of a triangle always sum to

Accepted Answer

180 degrees

Question 6

What is the largest animal in the world?

Accepted Answer

Blue Whale

Question 7

What is the largest U.S. state by landmass?

Accepted Answer

Alaska, Texas

Question 8

Where did the Olympic games originate?

Accepted Answer

Greece

Question 9

What is an angle more than 90 degrees known as?

Accepted Answer

Obtuse angle

Question 10

Where is Yosemite National Park located?

Accepted Answer

California

Question 11

Which is the thinnest layer of the Earth?

Accepted Answer

Crust

Question 12

The Statue of Liberty was a gift from which country?

Accepted Answer

France

Question 13

What are invertebrates?

Accepted Answer

Animals without backbones

Question 14

Which city in the world was the first to be attacked by an atomic bomb?

Accepted Answer

Hiroshima

Question 15

Which body parts continue to grow throughout your entire life?

Accepted Answer

Nose and ears

Question 16

What is an antonym of the word ‘wild’?

Accepted Answer

All of the answers: Tame, Calm, Docile

Question 17

What number is the Roman numeral IX?

Accepted Answer

9

Question 18

The first day of the 20th century was

Accepted Answer

January 1, 1901

Question 19

A story conveying a moral lesson is called what?

Accepted Answer

A fable

Question 20

During the seventh, century, fireworks were invented by which country?

Accepted Answer

China

Question 21

Who invented the light bulb?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Edison

Question 22

What is 2 cubed, or 2 to the third power?

Accepted Answer

8

Question 23

What is the month and day where the US gained its independence?

Accepted Answer

July 4th

Question 24

Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Southern, and Arctic are what?

Accepted Answer

Oceans

Question 25

How many days are there in a leap year?

Accepted Answer

366

Question 26

Which planet is closest to the sun?

Accepted Answer

Mercury

Question 27

Which state in the USA is also known as the cheese state?

Accepted Answer

Wisconsin

Question 28

Who walked on the moon along with Neil Armstrong?

Accepted Answer

Buzz Aldrin

Question 29

What country did Mexico gain its independence from in the 1800s?

Accepted Answer

Spain

Question 30

What is the nickname of New York City?

Accepted Answer

The Big Apple

Question 31

Whose face is on the penny?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Question 32

The first four presidents of the U.S. were Washington, Adams, Jeffererson, and Madison.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 33

A tomato is a fruit.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 34

What ancient civilization built the Machu Picchu complex in Peru?

Accepted Answer

The Incas

Question 35

Which happens first, lightening or thunder?

Accepted Answer

Lightening

Question 36

How many states made up the United States before Alaska and Hawaii joined?

Accepted Answer

48

Question 37

A triangle with 3 unequal sides are called what?

Accepted Answer

Scalene triangle

Question 38

What is the smallest continent?

Accepted Answer

Australia

Question 39

How many grams are in a thousand kilograms?

Accepted Answer

1,000,000

Question 40

What number is the Roman numeral LII?

Accepted Answer

52

Question 41

A paleontologist is a scientist that studies fossils.

Accepted Answer

Yes

Question 42

What are the two main languages spoken in South America?

Accepted Answer

Portuguese, Spanish

Question 43

Name the hardest known material on Earth?

Accepted Answer

Diamonds

Question 44

How many months have 31 days in them?

Accepted Answer

7

Question 45

What do you call a scientist who studies rocks?

Accepted Answer

Geologist

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