8th Grade ELA Quiz: Follow Multistep Procedures In Technical Texts
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Follow Multistep Procedures In Technical TextsQuestion 1 of 4

"Let the sediment settle for two minutes, then decant the clear water into a second jar." As used here, "decant" most nearly means

stir until the solids mix back in
strain through a paper filter
measure carefully with a cylinder
pour off gently, leaving the solids behind
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8th Grade ELA Quiz: Follow Multistep Procedures In Technical Texts

Practice Follow Multistep Procedures In Technical Texts in 8th Grade ELA with focused quiz questions that help you check what you know, review explanations, and build confidence with test-style prompts.

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Question 1

"Let the sediment settle for two minutes, then decant the clear water into a second jar." As used here, "decant" most nearly means

  1. stir until the solids mix back in
  2. strain through a paper filter
  3. measure carefully with a cylinder
  4. pour off gently, leaving the solids behind (correct answer)
Explanation: The sediment settles first and only the clear water is moved, so decant means to pour off liquid gently and leave the solids behind. Straining through a filter also separates solids, but the step describes pouring, not filtering.

Question 2

"Record the temperature every 5 minutes. If it goes above 40 degrees C, remove the lamp at once." At minute 15 it reads 42. What should you do?

  1. Remove the lamp right away (correct answer)
  2. Wait for the 20-minute reading to be sure
  3. Record it and leave the lamp in place
  4. Restart the timer from zero
Explanation: 42 is above 40, and the procedure says to remove the lamp "at once," so it should come off immediately. Waiting for the next reading is tempting because of the 5-minute schedule, but the warning overrides that routine.

Question 3

What is the purpose of this lab step? "Zero the scale, set the empty cup on it, and press tare again before adding soil."

  1. Weigh the cup and soil together for a total mass
  2. Measure only the soil by zeroing out the cup's mass (correct answer)
  3. Clean the scale before taking each measurement
  4. Add the soil slowly so that none of it spills
Explanation: Pressing tare with the empty cup on the scale sets the reading back to zero, so the scale then shows only the soil's mass. Weighing cup and soil together is tempting, but taring is done to remove the cup from the measurement.

Question 4

"Do not skip the cooling step; warm glass can crack when cold water touches it." The writer most likely expects readers to

  1. already know why warm glass cracks
  2. prefer using warm water over cold water
  3. have cracked glass in an earlier trial
  4. be tempted to skip cooling to save time (correct answer)
Explanation: A direct warning against skipping a step shows that the writer expects readers to want to rush past it. Readers who already knew why glass cracks would not need the explanation the writer includes, so that choice does not fit.