WorksheetsEOG Review
Total questions: 80
Worksheet time: 53mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the atomic number?
a)
number of protons
b)
number of neutrons
2.
What is the mass number?
a)
the number of protons
b)
the sum of the number of protons and the number of neutrons in the nucleus of an atom
3.
an electron has this charge
a)
positive
b)
negative
c)
neutral
4.
a neutron has this charge
a)
negative
b)
positive
c)
neutral
5.
a proton has this charge
a)
negative
b)
positive
c)
neutral
6.
An element is composed of how many types of atoms?
a)
5
b)
3
c)
1
7.
vertical columns in the periodic table are _________ of elements with similar properties.
a)
groups
b)
periods
8.
_______ are horizontal rows of elements that contain increasing numbers of protons and electrons.
a)
groups
b)
periods
9.
an ______ is the area around the nucleus of an atom where its electrons are most likely found.
a)
electron ring
b)
electron cloud
10.
Elements that have properties of both metals and nonmetals are _____
a)
metals
b)
metalloids
c)
nonmetals
11.
a capital letter or combination of a capital letter and a small letter that is used to represent an element is called a(n) ________
a)
chemical symbol
b)
element sign
12.
elements in the middle of the periodic table, groups 4 through 7 are called the ___________
a)
middle elements
b)
transition elements
c)
nonmetals
13.
energy level one can contain at most _____ electrons.
a)
2
b)
8
c)
18
14.
__________ are classified as metals, nonmetals and metalloids.
a)
elements
b)
atoms
15.
An example of something dissolving would be
a)
butter being heated
b)
sugar in tea
c)
ice in water
d)
crayons in a box
16.
The process when liquid water from earth's surface changes to water vapor.
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
precipitation
d)
runoff
17.
What part of the water cycle can carry pollutants from your yard to streams and rivers?
a)
evaporation
b)
runoff
c)
precipitation
d)
condensation
18.
Where is most of Earth's freshwater located?
a)
Oceans
b)
Rivers
c)
Lakes
d)
Frozen in Glaciers
19.
_______ is the universal solvent because it dissolves most substances.
a)
Oxygen
b)
Water
c)
Salt
d)
Gatorade
20.
Which is a measure of the dissolved salt in saltwater?
a)
density
b)
salinity
c)
solvent
d)
temperature
21.
Sightly salty, as is the mixture of river water and seawater in estuaries
a)
Food Web
b)
Plankton
c)
Benthos
d)
Brackish
22.
After precipitation occurs, water that does not run off into surface water can be stored as _______?
a)
Ground Water
b)
Evaporation
c)
Condensation
d)
Snow
23.
Look at the picture. What is A?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
24.
Look at the picture. What is B?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
25.
The clouds are formed because of
a)
surface water
b)
evaporation
c)
condensation
d)
precipitation
26.
When plants release excess water it is called
a)
evaporation
b)
transpiration
c)
condensation
d)
water cycle
27.
One of the main reasons an estuary is important is because it
a)
contains an aquifer
b)
is a good source of drinking water
c)
filters polution
28.
Water is a ____________, which means that it can dissolve many other substances.
a)
solution
b)
solvent
c)
salinity
d)
mixture
29.
A water molecule is composed of
a)
one hydrogen atom and two oxygen atoms
b)
one helium atom and two oxygen atoms
c)
one oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms
d)
one oxygen atoms and two helium atoms
30.
An area of land that drains into a body of water.
a)
mouth
b)
point-source pollution
c)
watershed
d)
headwaters
31.
Any type of moisture that falls to the Earth.
a)
evaporation
b)
precipitation
c)
condensation
d)
transpiration
32.
The cycle through which water in the hydrosphere moves; includes such processes as evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.
a)
Rock Cycle
b)
Circulatory System
c)
Bicycle
d)
Water Cycle
33.
An ecosystem is made up of:
a)
living things
b)
nonliving things
c)
living and nonliving things
34.
Consumers that get their energy by eating only plants are?
a)
carnivores
b)
omnivores
c)
herbivores
d)
decomposer
35.
Consumers that eat only animals are?
a)
herbivores
b)
carnivores
c)
omnivores
d)
decomposer
36.
Consumers that eat both plants and animals are?
a)
herbivores
b)
carnivores
c)
omnivores
d)
decomposer
37.
Organisms that digest the waste and remains of dead plants and animals are called?
a)
herbivores
b)
carnivores
c)
omnivores
d)
decomposers
38.
All the members of one species that live within an area of an ecosystem is a?
a)
population
b)
community
c)
niche
39.
The different populations that interact with each other in the same area form?
a)
population
b)
community
c)
niche
40.
The specific role an organism has in its habitat is called its?
a)
population
b)
community
c)
niche
41.
All food chains_____________________
a)
have more consumers than producers
b)
produce and use same amount of energy
c)
begin with a producer
d)
are unhealthy
42.
Plants produce sugar and oxygen through what process?
a)
Digestion
b)
Carbon Dioxide
c)
Fermentation
d)
Photosynthesis
43.
An organism that gets food by eating other organisms?
a)
producer
b)
consumer
c)
herbivore
d)
decomposer
44.
An ecosystem where many different kinds of organisms can meet their needs is known to be__________.
a)
healthy
b)
pond habitat
c)
unhealthy
d)
severe drought
45.
What do ecologists study?
a)
plants
b)
photosynthesis
c)
ecosystems
d)
dinosaurs
46.
How does energy enter an ecosystem?
a)
sunlight
b)
soil
c)
animals
d)
invasive species
47.
What are producers?
a)
organisms that store extra food
b)
organisms that make their own food
c)
breaks down dead organisms
d)
decomposes nutrients
48.
Which animals are examples of consumers?
a)
hawks and plants
b)
lion and hawks
c)
plankton
d)
algae and fish
49.
Pollution is anything that people add to the environment that__________________.
a)
for good reasons
b)
benefits an ecosystem
c)
produces plants
d)
harms living things
50.
A lion, captures and eats other animals. What is he considered?
a)
prey
b)
predator
c)
producer
d)
healthy
51.
Which of the following animals is considered to be prey?
a)
wolves
b)
tigers
c)
hawks
d)
fish
52.
Most ecosystems have many food chains. What are food chains that overlap in an ecosystem and show feeding relationships?
a)
unhealthy
b)
energy pyramid
c)
food web
d)
matter
53.
Where is the most energy held in an energy pyramid?
a)
at the bottom (producers)
b)
middle of the pyramid
c)
there is no energy
d)
at the top (third stage consumers)
54.
What is an example of a decomposer?
a)
rabbits
b)
mushrooms
c)
fungi and some bacteria
d)
trees
55.
What is an ecosystem?
a)
producing food from sunlight
b)
animals that live in certain areas
c)
living and nonliving things that interact in an area
d)
a person who studies an environment
56.
A rock is formed by the cementing of layers of sediment. What type of rock is formed?
a)
Volcanic
b)
Igneous
c)
Sedimentary
d)
Metamorphic
57.
Definition: Division of Earth's History into time units based on the types of life-forms that lived only during certain periods
a)
Fossil
b)
Geologic Time Scale
c)
Extincton
d)
Law of superposition
58.
Definition: Remains of a species that existed on Earth for a relatively short period of time, were abundant and geographically widespread, and can be used by geologists to assign ages to rock layers
a)
Index Fossils
b)
Half-Life
c)
Radioactive dating
d)
Trilobites
59.
Which of the following rock types can you find fossils in?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igenous
c)
Metamorphic
d)
Volcanic
60.
April is older than Zack, who is older than Rick. This is an example of:
a)
Relative Dating
b)
Absolute Dating
c)
Law of superposition
d)
radiometric dating
61.
Many fossils of marine organisms are found in what is now desert. Which hypothesis best explains this?
a)
marine organisms lived on land in the past
b)
the desert was once an ocean
c)
the desert moved from the equator south
d)
the fossils were moved by people
62.
Which best describes how ice cores are important to the study of geologic history?
a)
they follow the Law of Superposition, which gives reasons for extinctions of species.
b)
they contain evidence showing changes in the atmospheric composition over time
c)
they hold index fossils, which are used to date the different ice cores
d)
they show unconformities, which signal change in deposition
63.
Definition: Time it takes for half of the atoms of an isotope (element) to decay
a)
Absolute Age
b)
Half-Life
c)
Relative Age
d)
Index Fossil
64.
The collection of all discovered fossils make up:
a)
Museum
b)
Fossil Record
c)
Law of superposition
d)
Index Fossils
65.
Definition: age, in years, of a rock or other object; can be determined using properties of the atoms that make up the object
a)
Relative age
b)
Trilobites
c)
Unconformity
d)
Absolute Age
66.
The time scale of Earth History is called the:
a)
Earth Time Scale
b)
Geologic Time Scale
c)
Earth History Time Scale
d)
Radiometric Time Scale
67.
Which of the following is a term for a group of similar organisms that can reproduce fertile offspring?
a)
individual
b)
population
c)
species
d)
fossil
68.
Which of the following is a fossil?
a)
a plant that has recently died
b)
a group of organisms that can reproduce
c)
a structure or organ that no longer functions
d)
a trace of an organisms that existed in the past
69.
The difference in the physical traits of an individual from those of other individuals in a group is called a(n)
a)
change
b)
adaption
c)
species
d)
variation
70.
Over time, adaptions can lead populations to experience
a)
environmental changes
b)
genetic changes
c)
geological changes
d)
extinction
71.
what did Charles Darwin observe in finch populations of the Galapagos Islands off the coast of South America?
a)
different species on different islands
b)
all species on one of the islands
c)
identical species on all the islands
d)
the same species as North America
72.
All rabbits living in a particular area would be an example of a(n)
a)
population
b)
species
c)
fossil
d)
individual organism
73.
What is suggested by the similarity of early embryos of different species of vertebrates?
a)
no evolutionary relationships between the groups
b)
recent common ancestry
c)
similar environments in the past
d)
evolution froma distant common ancestor
74.
Some organisms that share a common ancestor have features that have different functions, but similar structures. These are known as
a)
vestigial structures
b)
analogous structures
c)
homologous structures
d)
fossil structures
75.
If an organism has a vestigial structure, that structure likely once had a function in a(n)
a)
close relative
b)
early ancestor
c)
unrelated organism
d)
embryological stage
76.
Two organisms that are closely related would have
a)
very similar DNA sequence
b)
exactly the same DNA sequences
c)
no proteins in common
d)
completely different DNA sequence
77.
The more genetic variation a population has,
the more likely it is in the same individuals,
will
the more likely it is in the same individuals,
will
a)
evolve
b)
migrate
c)
survive
d)
mutate
78.
Genetic variation can arise from a random change in the DNA of a gene. The change is called a(n)
a)
mutation
b)
gene flow
c)
gene pool
d)
allele
79.
What is speciation?
a)
combining of tow species to form one with different traits
b)
isolation that affects mating behaviors
c)
timing of mating that prevents normal sexual selection
d)
divergence of two or more species from an existing one
80.
the hind leg bones in a whale are examples of
a)
homologous structures
b)
analogous structures
c)
fossils
d)
vestigals
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