Q1 & Q2 2019 & 2015 RELEASED EOG SET #4

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

Which is an example of a noninherited trait?

• shape of face

• hair color

• food preference

• tongue rolling

In which way are evaporation and condensation similar?

• Both cause decreases in air temperature

• Both cause increases in air temperature.

• Both are caused by the warming of the atmosphere.

• Both are caused by changes in heat energy.

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Which is an example of a different substance being formed?

• glass breaking

• metal melting

• water freezing

• wood burning

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Which is an example of a single-celled organism?

• amoeba

• insect

• fish

• worm

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