Beach Park

8th Grade Building Vocabulary

Core Word Vocabulary 3

Name

Question #1:

Choose the correct word that names the definition.

the study of small living organisms

  1. meteors
  2. microbe
  3. meteorology
  4. microbiology

Question #2:

Choose the correct word that names the definition.

the study of weather

  1. meteorology
  2. photocopy
  3. microzoon
  4. biology

Question #3:

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the study of animals

  1. zoography
  2. zoology
  3. zoophobia
  4. zoogeography

Question #4:

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the study of diseases

  1. pathology
  2. pathologist
  3. phonology
  4. patient

Question #5:

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the science of heredity

  1. genetics
  2. elements
  3. cells
  4. atoms

Question #6:

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the smallest element that can exist

  1. atom
  2. element
  3. nucleus
  4. molecule

Question #7:

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the study of plants

  1. botany
  2. herbalist
  3. anatomy
  4. hypothesis

Question #8:

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a substance composed of two or more elements

  1. compound
  2. enzyme
  3. cortex
  4. atom

Question #9:

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germs that can cause illness

  1. biome
  2. bacteria
  3. acrid
  4. disease

Question #10:

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the remains of an animal or plant that have been preserved in the earth's crust

  1. scar
  2. fossil
  3. origin
  4. cell

Beach Park

8th Grade Building Vocabulary

Core Word Vocabulary 3

Name

Question #11:

Choose the correct word that names the definition.

a graph using different lengths to show and compare information

  1. bar graph
  2. diagram graph
  3. product graph
  4. pie graph

Question #12:

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the number written below the bar in a fraction

  1. denominator
  2. whole number
  3. digit
  4. numerator

Question #13:

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facts or information

  1. data
  2. linear
  3. exponent
  4. depth

Question #14:

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a metric measure that equals 10 centimeters

  1. degree
  2. digit
  3. decimeter
  4. decimal

Question #15:

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a metric unit of length

  1. multiple
  2. millimeter
  3. median
  4. music

Question #16:

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two lines that cross to make a right angle

  1. perimeter
  2. perpendicular
  3. prediction
  4. parallel

Question #17:

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a four-sided figure

  1. quadrilateral
  2. triangle
  3. pyramid
  4. quotient

Question #18:

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the corner point of an angle

  1. vertex
  2. metric
  3. centimeter
  4. quotient

Question #19:

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output produced on paper by a printer

  1. terminal
  2. hard copy
  3. memory
  4. software

Question #20:

Choose the correct word that names the definition.

instructions in computer language that will make the computer work

A.  program

B.  software

C.  memory

D.  disk

Beach Park

8th Grade Building Vocabulary

Core Word Vocabulary 3

Name

Question #21:

Choose the correct word that names the definition.

computer program and documentation

  1. pascal
  2. software
  3. disk
  4. hardware

Question #22:

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a diskette

  1. mouse
  2. floppy disk
  3. hardware
  4. database

Question #23:

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the keyboard, monitor, and computer

  1. hardware
  2. software
  3. menu
  4. program

Question #24:

Choose the correct word that names the definition.

the part of the computer that stores information

  1. mouse
  2. memory
  3. data
  4. menu

Beach Park

8th Grade Building Vocabulary

Core Word Vocabulary 3

Answer Key

1. D -microbiology

2. A -meteorology

3. B -zoology

4. A -pathology

5. A -genetics

6. A -atom

7. A -botany

8. A -compound

9. B -bacteria

10. B -fossil

11. A -bar graph

12. A -denominator

13. A -data

14. C -decimeter

15. B -millimeter

16. B -perpendicular

17. A -quadrilateral

18. A -vertex

19. B -hard copy

20. A -program

21. B -software

22. B -floppy disk

23. A -hardware

24. B -memory