NC Science EOG Practice 1

Which interaction illustrates a terrestrial-aquatic food web relationship?

• a bear eating a fish in a river

• a turtle burring eggs in the sand

• a fish eating plankton in the ocean

• a bird eating a caterpillar

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How does exposure to cigarette smoke contribute to an asthma attack?

• by decreasing blood pressure

• by causing mutations in cells

• by irritating the respiratory tract

• by reducing insulin levels

Which best explains how geologic time scales can help scientists study the evolution of life on Earth?

• They describe the existence of rocks before there was life on Earth.

• They show that geological features have evolved at the same rate as organisms.

• They compare the life histories of species that have uses rocks as habitats.

• They correlate the existence of life on Earth with geological events.

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Which statement supports the theory of evolution?

• All living cells come from previous cells.

• All plants and animals have DNA.

• Matter cannot be created or destroyed during chemical reactions.

• Fossils provide evidence that vertebrates share a common ancestor.

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How are plant and animal cells similar?

• They both have flagella.

• They both have a nucleus.

• They both have an eyespot

• They both have chloroplast.

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Where is the majority of Earth’s freshwater located?

• clouds

• Pacific Ocean

• polar ice caps

• rivers

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How can a scientist, using the periodic table, find an element with properties similar to another element?

• by comparing density

• by finding its periodic group

• by comparing malleability

• by comparing atomic weight

Which is an example of a physical change?

• burning

• boiling

• rusting

• rotting

The theory of global warming is based on an increase of what atmospheric gas?

• carbon dioxide

• helium

• hydrogen

• oxygen

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The Mid-Atlantic Ridge exists between the African and South American geologic plates. Which process most often occurs at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?

• destruction of underwater mountains

• creation of new continents

• subduction of geologic plates

• spreading of sea floor