Science Practice EOG 31-40

Which best describes a hurricane?

• a low pressure weather system

• a high pressure weather system

• cold front

• stationary front

Which statement best explains how a bacterial cell is capable of surviving as a single-celled organism?

• It is able to create new cells more slowly than other kinds of cells.

• It is large enough to capture the food it needs for growth.

• It is so small, it can survive in almost any place.

• It has the ability to carry out all of its life functions.

Which instrument is best used to predict weather changes?

• a hygrometer

• an anemometer

• a thermometer

• a barometer

In what way are the circulatory system and the nervous system similar?

• They both perform the same function.

• They are both structural systems.

• They are both transport systems.

• They both involve the same organs.

Which system in the human body includes the heart, blood, arteries, and veins?

• cardiovascular

• digestive

• muscular

• respiratory

How does the energy from the sun influence the water cycle?

• by trapping water particles in clouds

• by turning liquid water into water vapor

• by causing water to precipitate

• by creating winds in the atmosphere

This is a food chain that includes grass, a grasshopper, and a bird.

grass → grasshopper → bird

How is the grass in this food chain best described?

• It is a producer, because it makes its own food.

• It is a producer, because it is eaten by consumers.

• It is a consumer, because it gets energy from producers.

• It is a decomposer, because it breaks down sunlight.

Which would most likely cause a decrease in a population of herbivores?

• an increase in the number of producers

• a decrease in the types of decomposers

• an increase in the types of plants

• an increase in the number of carnivores

Which of these traits is most influenced by a person’s environment?

• ability to roll tongue

• blood type

• weight

• eye color

Which is most likely the reason parents and their children have similar physical traits?

• They live in the same home.

• They have similar genetic structures.

• They are born in similar environments.

• They are born in similar blood types