Classwork
You can find classwork and extra materials below. If you would like to see each standard in detail, click below to go to the DPI website:
8.P.1 Matter: Properties and Changes: 10 EOG Questions
8.P.1.1 Classify matter as elements, compounds, or mixtures based on how the atoms are packed together in arrangements.
8.P.1.2 Explain how the physical properties of elements and their reactivity have been used to produce the current model of the Periodic Table of elements.
8.P.1.3 Compare physical changes such as size, shape and state to chemical changes that are the result of a chemical reaction to include changes in temperature, color, formation of a gas or precipitate.
8.P.1.4 Explain how the idea of atoms and a balanced chemical equation support the law of conservation of mass.
8.P.1.2 Explain how the physical properties of elements and their reactivity have been used to produce the current model of the Periodic Table of elements.
8.P.1.3 Compare physical changes such as size, shape and state to chemical changes that are the result of a chemical reaction to include changes in temperature, color, formation of a gas or precipitate.
8.P.1.4 Explain how the idea of atoms and a balanced chemical equation support the law of conservation of mass.
8.P.2 Energy: Conservation and transfer: 7 EOG Questions
8.P.2.1 Explain the environmental consequences of the various methods of obtaining, transforming, and distributing energy.
8.P.2.2 Explain the implications of the depletion of renewable and nonrenewable energy resources and the importance of conservation.
8.P.2.2 Explain the implications of the depletion of renewable and nonrenewable energy resources and the importance of conservation.
8.E.1 Earth systems, structures and processes - The Hydrosphere: 9 EOG Questions
8.E.1.1 Explain the structure of the hydrosphere including:
Water distribution on earth
Local river basin and water availability
8.E.1.2 Summarize evidence that Earth’s oceans are a reservoir of nutrients, minerals, dissolved gases, and life forms:
Estuaries
Marine ecosystems
Upwelling
Behavior of gases in the marine environment
Value and sustainability of marine resources
Deep ocean technology and understandings gained
8.E.1.3 Predict the safety and potability of water supplies in North Carolina based on physical and biological factors, including:
Temperature
Dissolved oxygen
pH
Nitrates and phosphates
Turbidity
Bio-indicators
8.E.1.4 Conclude that the good health of humans requires:
Monitoring of the hydrosphere
Water quality standards
Methods of water treatment
Maintaining safe water quality
Stewardship
Water distribution on earth
Local river basin and water availability
8.E.1.2 Summarize evidence that Earth’s oceans are a reservoir of nutrients, minerals, dissolved gases, and life forms:
Estuaries
Marine ecosystems
Upwelling
Behavior of gases in the marine environment
Value and sustainability of marine resources
Deep ocean technology and understandings gained
8.E.1.3 Predict the safety and potability of water supplies in North Carolina based on physical and biological factors, including:
Temperature
Dissolved oxygen
pH
Nitrates and phosphates
Turbidity
Bio-indicators
8.E.1.4 Conclude that the good health of humans requires:
Monitoring of the hydrosphere
Water quality standards
Methods of water treatment
Maintaining safe water quality
Stewardship
8.E.2 Earth History: 8 EOG Questions
8.E.2.1 Infer the age of Earth and relative age of rocks and fossils from index fossils and ordering of rock layers (relative dating and radioactive dating).
8.E.2.2 Explain the use of fossils, ice cores, composition of sedimentary rocks, faults, and igneous rock formations found in rock layers as evidence of the history of the Earth and its changing life forms.
8.E.2.2 Explain the use of fossils, ice cores, composition of sedimentary rocks, faults, and igneous rock formations found in rock layers as evidence of the history of the Earth and its changing life forms.
8.L.1 Structure and Functions of Living Organisms: 7 EOG Questions
8.L.1.1 Summarize the basic characteristics of viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites relating to the spread, treatment and prevention of disease.
8.L.1.2 Explain the difference between epidemic and pandemic as it relates to the spread, treatment and prevention of disease.
8.L.1.2 Explain the difference between epidemic and pandemic as it relates to the spread, treatment and prevention of disease.
8.L.2 Biotechnology: 5 EOG Questions
8.L.2.1 Summarize aspects of biotechnology including:
- Specific genetic information available
- Careers
- Economic benefits to North Carolina
- Ethical issues
- Implications for agriculture
8.L.3 Ecosystems: 7 EOG Questions
8.L.3.1 Explain how factors such as food, water, shelter, and space affect populations in an ecosystem.
8.L.3.2 Summarize the relationships among producers, consumers, and decomposers including the positive and negative consequences of such interactions including:
8.L.3.2 Summarize the relationships among producers, consumers, and decomposers including the positive and negative consequences of such interactions including:
- coexistence and cooperation
- competition (predator/prey) parasitism
mutualism - 8.L.3.3 Explain how the flow of energy within food webs is interconnected with the cycling of matter (including water, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and oxygen).
8.L.4 Evolution and Genetics: 8 EOG Questions
8.L.4.1 Summarize the use of evidence drawn from geology, fossils, and comparative anatomy to form the basis for biological classification systems and the theory of evolution.
8.L.4.2 Explain the relationship between genetic variation and an organism’s ability to adapt to its environment.
8.L.4.2 Explain the relationship between genetic variation and an organism’s ability to adapt to its environment.
8.L.5 Molecular biology: 5 EOG Questions
8.L.5.1 Summarize how food provides the energy and the molecules required for building materials, growth and survival of all organisms (to include plants).
8.L.5.2 Explain the relationship among a healthy diet, exercise, and the general health of the body (emphasis on the relationship between respiration and digestion).
8.L.5.2 Explain the relationship among a healthy diet, exercise, and the general health of the body (emphasis on the relationship between respiration and digestion).