8th Grade Science EOG Name_________________

List of Topics & Study Guide (Review these concepts nightly.)

Scientific Inquiry o Transpiration
• Lab Safety Rules (see list) o Condensation
• Scientific Method (steps and importance) o Precipitation
o Runoff
Introduction to Chemistry
• Matter Estuaries & Oceans
• Physical Property (definition, types, • Salinity
examples) • Ocean water chemistry (oxygen, carbon
• Chemical Properties (definition, types, dioxide, temperature, pressure)
examples) • Upwelling
• Density (formula, definition) • Exploration
• Solutions
• Colloids Water Quality
• Suspensions • Turbidity
• Solutes & solvents • pH
• Concentration • Dissolved oxygen
• Solubility • Temperature
• Physical Change • Nitrates
• Chemical Change or Chemical Reaction • Bio-indicators
• Endothermic Reaction • Biodiversity
• Exothermic Reaction
• Precipitate Pollution
• Point source pollution
Introduction to Water • Non-point source pollution
• Properties • Plume
o Universal solvent
o Density Geologic Time
o Capillary action (adhesion & • Fossil
cohesion) • Sedimentary rock
o Polarity • Trace fossil
o Specific heat • Paleontologist
o Surface tension • Extinct
o Buoyancy • Law of superposition
• Distribution on Earth o Relative age
o Watershed/River basin o Extrusion
o River system o Intrusion
o Pond o Unconformity
o Lake/Reservoir o Index fossil
o Polar Ice Caps • Radioactive decay
o Oceans o Absolute age
o Groundwater o Half life
§ Permeable • Mass extinction
§ Impermeable • Geologic time scale
§ Saturated zone o Precambrian time
§ Unsaturated Zone o Paleozoic Era
§ Water table o Mesozoic Era
§ Aquifer o Cenozoic Era
§ Well Change over Time
• Evolution
• Water Cycle o Darwin
o Evaporation o Lamark
 8th Grade Science EOG Name_________________
List of Topics & Study Guide (Review these concepts nightly.)
• Technology o Symptoms
o Ground-truthing o Resistance
o Remote sensing o Susceptibility
o Spectral analysis o Diseases

Periodic Table of the Elements Cells

• Structure of an Atom o Structure and Function
o protons o Eukaryote
o neutrons o Prokaryote
o electrons o Unicellular
• Elements o Multicellular
o atomic number o Animal cell vs. plant cell
o isotopes o Cell theory (3 parts)
o mass number o Schleiden
o atomic mass o Schwann
o diatomic molecule o Virchow
• Periodic Table o Hooke
o Dmitri Mendeleev o Leewenhoek
o Metals o Organelles (location and function)
o Metalloids • Passive transport (Osmosis and Diffusion)
o Nonmetals • Active Transport
o Trends • Processes
o Alloy o Photosynthesis
o Periods o Respiration
o Groups/families o Cell Cycle
o Interphase
Chemical Reactions o Mitosis
• Evidence o Cytokinesis
• Pure substances/Compounds
• Mixtures Viruses, Bacteria, & Protists
o Homogeneous • Shapes
o Heterogeneous • Size
• Equations • Structure
o Reactants/products • Euglena
• Chemical formulas • Amoeba
• Open/closed systems • Paramecium
• Types (S, D, R) • Volvox
• Law of conservations of mass • Microbes/Diseases

Chemical Impact
o Routes of exposure
o Medicine side effects
o Dose/concentration
o Toxicity