EOG Practice 12

A student observes ice forming on the edge of a school building. At what temperature did the water outside the school building most likely begin to change to ice?

• 100°C

• 32°C

• 25°C

• 0°C

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The caterpillars of monarch butterflies eat milkweed leaves. Milkweed leaves contain sap that is toxic to many animals but not to monarch butterfly caterpillars. This sap makes the monarch butterfly caterpillars toxic to predators and protects them from being eaten. Which of these is an inherited trait of monarch butterfly caterpillars?

• The size of the milkweed leaves that the caterpillars eat

• The ability of the caterpillars to eat toxic leaves without being harmed

• The number of milkweed leaves the caterpillars eat each day

• The number of leaves on the milkweed plants that the caterpillars visit each summer

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Animals and plants use substances that cycle through the environment. Which substance is needed by plants to survive and is released into the environment by animals?

• Oxygen

• Sugar

• Salt

• Carbon dioxide

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A student makes a model of the water cycle by using a cup, some water, and plastic wrap. After the student places the model near a sunny window, moisture forms on the inside of the plastic wrap. What change is the student most likely observing in this model?

• freezing

• melting

• transpiration

• condensation

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A teacher is setting up the terrarium shown below in a science classroom. Which of these organisms is best suited for the terrarium?

• Coral

• Lobster

• Lizard

• Fish

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Each school year for 30 years, the amount of rain that fell at a school was measured and recorded. Tracking rainfall over a long period provides the most information about which characteristic of an area?

• Climate

• Temperature of one day

• Weather

• Type of soil

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A teacher wears protective gloves to lift a metal pan filled with boiling water from a hot plate. Why are the protective gloves necessary?

• The metal pan creates thermal energy

• The metal pan insulates thermal energy.

• The metal pan conducts thermal energy.

• The metal pan reduces thermal energy.

Prairie dogs eat plants and dig underground tunnels. Prairie dog tunnels help break up hard prairie soils, and the animals’ waste adds nutrients to the soil. In the past, large groups of prairie dogs lived in many parts of the U.S. Great Plains, but people have destroyed most of these colonies. Which of these will most likely happen when prairie dogs are removed from an area?

• The population of predators that eat prairie dogs will decrease.

• The population of plants that prairie dogs eat will decrease.

• The nutrients in the soil will increase.

• The number of underground tunnels will increase.

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The diagram above shows the process of evaporation over the ocean. What is the most likely effect of this process on the land areas nearby?

• Increased drought conditions

• Increased transpiration

• Increased precipitation

• Increased solar radiation

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In a food chain, energy does NOT flow directly from —

• producer to decomposer

• producer to consumer

• consumer to decomposer

• consumer to producer

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