2019 Science EOG #6 (51-60)

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.

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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

What would most likely result if all plants in an area were destroyed?

• Consumer populations would increase because more sunlight would reach

  the ground.

• Decomposer populations would increase because more sunlight would reach

  the ground.

• Consumer populations would decrease because plants provide them with

  water.

• Consumer populations would decrease because plants provide them with

  energy.

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What would most likely happen if all of the decomposers in an ecosystem were

removed?

• The animals in the ecosystem would die because of the spread of disease.

• The plants in the ecosystem would eventually die because of a lack of nutrients in the soil.

• The plants in the ecosystem would begin to die out because of a decrease in

  available water.

• The animals in the ecosystem would eat other types of food because of a

  decrease in producers.

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A food chain in an ecosystem includes blackberry bushes, deer, and wolves.

• Deer eat blackberries.

• Wolves eat deer.

If the population of wolves decreases, how will this affect the population of

blackberry bushes?

• It will decrease because there will be fewer deer.

• It will increase because there will be fewer deer.

• It will decrease because there will be more deer.

• It will increase because there will be more deer.

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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 statement best describes the relationship between the nervous system and

the muscular system?

• The nervous system controls the muscular system.

• The muscular system controls the nervous system.

• The nervous system provides nutrients and oxygen for the muscular system.

• The muscular system provides nutrients and oxygen for the nervous system.

Which characteristic is the best example of an inherited trait?

• short hair

• eye color

• pierced ears

• long fingernails

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Which is an example of a noninherited trait?

• shape of face

• hair color

• food preference

• tongue rolling