FCAT Grade 8 Science Assessment Practice Questions - Question List

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21. Mary is playing a guessing game with her friend Susan. Mary tells her friend that she is thinking of a planet that has a hot surface temperature, is smaller than Earth, and no human has stepped on it before. Which planet could Mary be thinking of?
  1. Mars
  2. The Moon
  3. Jupiter
  4. Mercury
  5. Pluto
22. Dinosaurs are no longer existent on earth due to:
  1. The impact of an asteroid.
  2. All water freezing on earth.
  3. Water evaporating.
  4. Loss of earth’s atmosphere.
  5. A giant earthquake.
23. The deepest part of the Earth’s oceans is how deep?
  1. 3.2 miles
  2. 4.1 miles
  3. 4.5 miles
  4. 5.75 miles
  5. 6.8 miles
24. The highest clouds are found in which layer of the atmosphere?
  1. Tropopause
  2. Thermosphere
  3. Mesosphere
  4. Stratosphere
  5. Clososphere
25. Which of the following is not a type of cloud?
  1. Cirrus
  2. Stratus
  3. Cumulus
  4. Nimblus
  5. Altostratus

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