Science EOG Part 1

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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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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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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What causes a wagon to speed up when going down a hill?

• gravity

• friction

• air pressure

• mass

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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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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