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| Preface | |
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| To the Student | |
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| What the Exam Is About | |
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| The Nature of the Grade 8 Intermediate-Level Science Test | |
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| Analysis, Inquiry, and Design | |
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| Mathematical Analysis | |
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| The Language of Mathematics | |
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| Variables | |
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| Inductive and Deductive Reasoning | |
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| Interpolation and Extrapolation | |
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| Patterns and Trends | |
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| Constructing Data Tables and Charts | |
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| Constructing Graphs | |
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| Scientific Diagrams | |
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| Practive Review Questions | |
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| Scientific Inquiry | |
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| Thinking like a Scientist | |
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| Observing | |
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| Collecting Information | |
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| Organizing Information | |
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| Questioning | |
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| Formulating a Hypothesis | |
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| Testing a Hypothesis | |
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| Controlling Tests | |
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| Reporting Results | |
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| Forming Laws and Theories | |
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| Practice Review Questions | |
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| Engineering Design | |
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| Models | |
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| The Engineering Design Process | |
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| Practice Review Questions | |
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| The Living Environment | |
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| The Unity and Diversity of Life | |
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| The Concept of Life | |
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| The Unity of Life | |
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| Life Functions | |
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| Cells | |
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| The Needs of Living Things | |
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| The Diversity of Life | |
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| Classification | |
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| Practice Review Questions | |
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| Organization in Living Things | |
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| Levels of Organization in Living Things | |
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| Cells | |
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| Tissues | |
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| Organs | |
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| Organ Systems | |
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| The Major Human Organ Systems | |
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| The Skeletal and Muscular Systems | |
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| The Nervous and Endocrine Systems | |
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| The Digestive System | |
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| The Respiratory, Circulatory, and Excretory Systems | |
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| The Reproductive System | |
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| Disease | |
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| Practice Review Questions | |
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| The Maintenance of Life | |
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| Nutrition | |
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| Types of Nutrients | |
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| Types of Nutrition | |
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| Metabolism | |
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| Regulation | |
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| Functioning in Different Environments | |
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| Practice Review Questions | |
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| The Continuity of Life | |
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| Reproduction and Development | |
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| Cellular Reproduction | |
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| Methods of Reproduction | |
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| Growth and Development | |
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| Patterns of Inheritance | |
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| Genetics | |
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| Practice Review Questions | |
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| The Evolution and Diversity of Life | |
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| Variation | |
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| Mutation | |
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| Adaptations | |
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| Evolution | |
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| Natural Selection | |
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| Practice Review Questions | |
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| Ecology | |
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| The Nature of Ecology | |
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| The Physical Environment | |
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| The Biological Environment | |
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| The Nature of an Ecosystem | |
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| The Organization of an Ecosystem | |
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| Interactions in an Ecosystem | |
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| Practice Review Questions | |
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| The Physical Setting | |
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| Astronomy | |
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| Perspective and Relative Motion | |
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| Celestial Objects | |
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| Celestial Motion | |
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| Relative Motion | |
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| Models of the Universe | |
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| The Celestial Sphere | |
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| The Geocentric Model | |
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| The Heliocentric Model | |
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| Our Current Model of the Universe | |
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| Stars | |
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| Galaxies | |
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| Nebulae | |
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| The Solar System | |
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| The Sun | |
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| The Planets | |
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| Other Solar System Bodies | |
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| Motion in the Solar System | |
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| The Earth-Moon-Sun System | |
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| Earth's Size and Shape | |
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| Earth's Coordinate System | |
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| Earth's Motions | |
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| Revolution | |
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| The Effects of Earth's Motions | |
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| The Sky Hemisphere: A Simple Model | |
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| Apparent Daily Motion | |
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| The Day | |
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| Local Time and Time Zones | |
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| Unequal Day and Night | |
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| The Year | |
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| Practice Review Questions | |
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| Geology | |
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| Earth's Structure | |
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| The Lithosphere | |
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| The Hydrosphere | |
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| The Atmosphere | |
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| Earth's Composition | |
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| Minerals | |
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| Mineral Identification | |
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| Rocks | |
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| The Water Cycle | |
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| Weathering | |
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| Erosion | |
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| Deposition | |
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| Earth's Interior | |
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| Internal Heat | |
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| Earthquakes and Seismic Waves | |
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| Crust, Mantle, Core | |
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| Lithosphere and Asthenosphere | |
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| Plate Tectonics | |
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| Practice Review Questions | |
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| Meteorology | |
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| Weather | |
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| Weather Variables | |
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| Humidity | |
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| Wind | |
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| Clouds and Precipitation | |
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| Weather Patterns | |
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| The Synoptic Weather Map | |
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| Air Masses | |
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| Weather Fronts | |
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| Cyclones and Anticyclones | |
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| Weather Forecasting | |
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| Weather Hazards | |
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| Climate | |
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| The Main Elements of Climate | |
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| Some Factors Affecting Climate | |
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| Types of Climates | |
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| Practice Review Questions | |
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| Chemistry | |
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| Understanding Matter | |
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| Mass and Weight | |
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| Volume | |
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| Density | |
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| Types of Matter | |
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| Phases of Matter | |
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| Physical Properties | |
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| Chemical Properties | |
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| Changes in Matter | |
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| Physical Changes | |
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| Chemical Changes | |
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| Telling Physical from Chemical Changes | |
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| Conservation of Matter | |
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| The Structure of Matter | |
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| Atoms | |
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| Molecules | |
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| The Periodic Table | |
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| Practice Review Questions | |
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| Energy | |
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| Work and Energy | |
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| Potential and Kinetic Energy | |
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| Forms of Energy | |
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| The Law of Conservation of Energy | |
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| Energy Transformations | |
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| Heat | |
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| Heat and Temperature | |
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| Measuring Temperature | |
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| Measuring Heat | |
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| Latent Heat | |
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| Heat Transfer | |
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| Sound | |
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| Sound Waves | |
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| The Speed of Sound | |
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| Electrical Energy | |
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| Static Electricity | |
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| Current Electricity | |
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| Magnetism | |
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| Law of Magnetic Poles | |
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| Electromagnets | |
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| Light | |
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| The Electromagnetic Spectrum | |
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| Light Interacts with Matter | |
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| Refraction and Lenses | |
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| Energy Sources | |
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| Solar Energy | |
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| Fossil Fuels | |
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| Other Sources of Energy | |
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| Generating Electricity | |
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| Renewable vs. Nonrenewable Energy Consumption | |
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| Energy Conservation | |
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| The Three Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle | |
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| Practice Review Questions | |
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| Motion, Forces, and Machines | |
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| Motion | |
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| Measuring Motion | |
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| Speed | |
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| Acceleration | |
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| Graphing Motion | |
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| Forces | |
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| Newton's First Law of Motion | |
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| Newton's Second Law of Motion | |
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| Newton's Third Law of Motion | |
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| Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation | |
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| Machines | |
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| Inclined Plane | |
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| Levers | |
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| Wheel and Axle | |
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| Pulley | |
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| Mechanical Advantage | |
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| Practice Review Questions | |
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| Answer Key | |
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| Model Examination and Answers | |
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| Glossary and Index | |