Science EOG Part 1

Which is most responsible for the movement of weather systems across the United States?

• the Gulf Stream

• the prevailing westerlies

• the southeast trade winds

• the jet stream

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Which best describes how the Gulf Stream affects the areas along the coast of North Carolina?

• It causes winds to move from north to south during the winter

• It causes winds to move from north to south during the summer.

• It causes land temperatures along the coast to be colder in the winter.

• It causes land temperatures along the coast to be milder in the winter.

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In what way are insects and humans similar?

• Both are single-celled organisms.

• Both are multicellular organisms.

• Both have cells that capture sunlight to make food.

• Both have cells that carry out all life functions.

Which human body systems are located throughout most of the body?

• digestive and respiratory

• skeletal and respiratory

• nervous and circulatory

• respiratory and circulatory

A mouse eats seeds and insects. Which best describes the role of the mouse?

• consumer

• decomposer

• herbivore

• producer

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Some people have a “hitchhiker’s” thumb that allows them to bend their thumbs more than other people. How do these people most likely get this trait?

• They learn it from friends.

• They inherit it from their parents.

• They get it as a result of an illness.

• They get it as a result of their jobs.

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Which characteristic is the best example of an inherited trait?

• short hair

• eye color

• pierced ears

• long fingernails

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How do plants return water back into the environment?

• by evaporation

• by condensation

• by runoff

• by transpiration

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Water droplets forming on the outside of a cold glass of water on a hot, summer day is an example of which part of the water cycle?

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

• transpiration

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After lake water flows through a dam, which processes are most responsible for helping replace the water in the lake?

• precipitation and runoff

• transpiration and condensation

• condensation and runoff

• transpiration and precipitation

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