EOG REVIEW 2

• 1. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ORGANELLES RELEASES ENERGY FROM SUGARS?

• A. RIBOSOMES

• B. VACUOLES

• C. CHLOROPLASTS

• D. MITOCHONDRIA

• 2. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ORGANELLES USES CARBON DIOXIDE TO PRODUCE SUGAR?

• A. VACUOLES

• B. RIBOSOME

• C. CHLOROPLAST

• D. MITOCHONDRIA

• 3. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PRODUCES IDENTICAL NUCLEI IN CELLS?

• A. POLLINATION

• B. MITOSIS

• C. OSMOSIS

• D. FERTILIZATION

• 4. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENT FOUND IN ALL LIVING THINGS?

• A. IRON

• B. CARBON

• C. CALCIUM

• D. MAGNESIUM

• 5. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS LACKING A NUCLEUS?

• A. PLANT CELL

• B. ANIMAL CELL

• C. AMOEBA

• D. VIRUS

• 6. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CELLS TYPES IS FORMED BY MEIOSIS?

• A. MUSCLE CELLS

• B. SPERM CELLS

• C. SKIN CELLS

• D. BLOOD CELLS

• 7. PHYTOPLANKTON-ZOOPLANKTON-HERRING-SEAL

• THE ZOOPLANKTON IN THIS FOODCHAIN ARE

• A. PRIMARY PRODUCERS

• B. PRIMARY CONSUMERS

• C. SECONDARY CONSUMERS

• D. TERTIARY CONSUMERS

• 8. PHYTOPLANKTON-ZOOPLANKTON-HERRING-SEAL

• WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THE SEAL POPULATION IF THERE WAS A DECREASE IN ZOOPLANKTON?

• A. NOTHING

• B. DECREASE ALSO

• C. INCREASE

• D. INCREASE THEN DECREASE

• 9. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PROCESSES ALLOWS THE CELLS OF AN ORGANISM TO USE CARBON FROM THE ENVIRONMENT?

• A. MITOSIS

• B. FERTILIZATION

• C. TRANSPIRATION

• D. PHOTOSYNTHESIS

• 10. FUNGI ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF A TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM BECAUSE THEY

• A. STORE ENERGY

• B. BOND OXYGEN TO SULFUR

• C. FUNCTION AS PRODUCERS

• D. DECOMPOSE ORGANIC MATTER

• 11. HOW IS NATURAL SELECTION IN THE EVOLUTION OF LONG NECKS IN GIRAFFES BEST EXPLAINED?

• A. SHORTER NECKED GIRAFFES WERE KILLED BY LONG NECKED GIRAFFES

• B. GIRAFFES LONG NECKS GREW LONGER BECAUSE OF BONE STRUCTURE

• C. GIRAFFES WITH LONGER NECKS SURVIVED BECAUSE THEY WERE BETTER SUITED TO THE ENVIRONMENT

• D. LONG NECKED GIRAFFES MATED ONLY WITH OTHER LONG NECKED GIRAFFES

• 12.WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION BEST REPRESENTS THE SEQUENCE FROM SMALLEST UNIT TO LARGEST?

• A. CELL, ORGANISM, TISSUE, ORGAN

• B. CELL, TISSUE, ORGAN, ORGANISM

• C. CELL, ORGANISM, ORGAN , TISSUE

• D. CELL, TISSUE , ORGANISM, ORGAN

• 13. SKELETAL STRUCTURES ARE COMMON BETWEEN TWO ANIMALS OF DIFFERENT SPECIES. THESE STRUCTURES PROBABLY EXIST BECAUSE BOTH SPECIES

• A. HAVE A COMMON FOOD SOURCE• B. LIVE IN THE SAME ENVIRONMENT• C. HAVE SURVIVED UNTIL THE PRESENT

TIME• D. ARE RELATED TO A COMMON ANCESTOR

• 14. THE PURPOSE OF GIVING A PERSON A VACCINE IS TO

• A. CURE A DISEASE

• B. PREVENT INFLAMMATION

• C. STIMULATE AN IMMUNE RESPONSE

• D. INTRODUCE CHEMICALS THAT DESTROY VIRUSES

• 15. WHICH ELEMENT IS LEAST LIKELY TO BOND WITH ANOTHER ELEMENT?

• A. CHLORINE

• B. IRON

• C. NEON

• D. SILICON

• 16. DETERGENTS DISRUPT THE BOND THAT LETS WATER CLING TO THE SURFACE OF OTHER MATERIALS. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CORRECTLY DESCRIBES THIS EFFECT?

• A. ADHESION IS REDUCED• B. COHESION IS REDUCED• C. POLARITY IS INCREASED• D. PH IS INCREASED

• 17. AMMONIA HAS A HIGHER SPECIFIC HEAT THAN WATER WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

• A. AMMONIA WILL ALWAYS BE WARMER THAN WATER

• B. IDENTICAL QUANTITIES OF EACH WOULD REQUIRE DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF HEAT TO RAISE THE TEMPERATURE BY ONE DEGREE

• C. WATER WILL ALWAYS BE WARMER• D. BOTH REQUIRE THE SAME AMOUNT OF HEAT TO

RAISE THE TEMPERATURE

• 18. WHICH QUALITY OF WATER ALLOWS AN INSECT SUCH AS A WATER STRIDER TO WALK ON THE SURFACE OF THE WATER DUE TO SURFACE TENSION?

• A. ADHESION• B. BUOYANCY• C. COHESION• D. DENSITY

• 19. IF YOU COMB YOUR HAIR SEVERAL TIMES AND BUILD UP A STATIC CHARGE AND PLACE THE COMB NEAR WATER FLOWING OUT OF A FAUCET AND THE FLOW BENDS TOWARD THE COMB. WHAT PROPERTY OF WATER IS THIS DEMONSTRATING?

• A. ADHESION• B. COHESION• C. DENSITY• D. POLARITY

• 20. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A CAUSE OF POINT-SOURCE POLLUTION?

• A. MOTOR OIL FROM A PARKING LOT FILTERS INTO SOIL

• B. COAL MINE RELEASES SULFIDES INTO A STREAM

• C. HOMEOWNERS SPRAY HERBICIDES TO CONTROL WEEDS IN THEIR LAWNS

• D. SEDIMENTS FROM SUBURBAN HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS RUN OFF INTO NEARBY STREAMS

• 21. A COMMUNITY DISCOVERED THAT THE GROUNDWATER IT GETS ITS DRINKING WATER FROM CONTAINS TRACE AMOUNTS OF MTBE. HOW DID THE MTBE MOST LIKELY GET INTO THE GROUNDWATER?

• A. EVAPORATION• B. INFILTRATION• C. PRECIPITATION• D. TRANSPIRATION

• 22. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION?

• A. SEWAGE PIPE • B. A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT DUMPING ITS

WASTE IN A NEARBY STREAM• C. RUNOFF FROM A GOLF COURSE• D. OIL LEAKING FROM AN UNDERGROUND

TANK

• 23. AN ECOLOGIST STUDIED A LAKE IN WHICH THE ALGAE POPULATION EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN RAPID GROWTH. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING COULD HAVE CAUSED THIS CHANGE TO THE LAKE’S ALGAE POPULATION?

• A. LOWERED PH LEVELS CAUSED BY ACID RAIN• B. REDUCED LEVELS OF DISSOLVED OXYGEN

THROUGH EUTROPHICATION• C. RAISED CARBON DIOXIDE LEVELS FROM THE

DECAY OF ORGANIC MATTER• D. INCREASED CONCENTRATIONS OF NITRATE

COMPOUNDS IN RUNOFF FROM LAWNS

• 24. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING COULD BE A COMPONENT OF BOTH AN AQUATIC AND A TERRESTRIAL FOODWEB?

• A. BULL SHARK

• B. HEMLOCK TREE

• C. RACCOON

• D. EAGLE

• 25. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE MOST ACCESSIBLE SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER IN NORTH CAROLINA?

• A. AQUIFER

• B. ESTUARY

• C. ICE CAP

• D. INTERTIDAL ZONE

• 26. WHAT HAZARD OF THE DEEP OCEAN DO DESIGNERS OF SUBMERSIBLES HAVE TO OVERCOME?

• A. TREMENDOUS HEAT

• B. LACK OF OXYGEN

• C. GREAT PRESSURE

• D. ABSENCE OF LIGHT

• 27. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CHEMICALS WOULD MOST LIKELY CAUSE THE POPULATION OF PHYTOPLANKTON TO INCREASE?

• A. FERTILIZERS

• B. PESTICIDES

• C. ANTIBIOTICS

• D. VACCINES

• 28. APPROXIMATELY WHAT PERCENT OF THE EARTH’S FRESHWATER IS FROZEN ?

• A. 30

• B. 69

• C. 3

• D. 97

• 29. WHAT CAUSES EARTHQUAKES, VOLCANOES, AND THE FORMATION OF MOUNTAINS?

• A. GRAVITATIONAL FORCE OF THE MOON AND SUN

• B. IRREGULARITIES IN THE ROTATION OF THE EARTH

• C. MOTION OF THE PLATES OF THE EARTH’S CRUST

• D. FREEZING AND THAWING OF THE CRUSTAL PLATES

• 30. THE PRODUCTS OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS ARE RECYCLED THROUGH THE PROCESS OF

• A. PROTEIN SYNTHESIS

• B. METABOLISM

• C. CELLULAR RESPIRATION

• D. MITOSIS

• 31. THE BASIC UNIT OF STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF ALL LIVING THINGS ARE

• A. CHROMOSOMES

• B. CELLS

• C. NUCLEI

• D. ORGANS

• 32. WHICH CHOICE SHOWS THE LEVEL OF ORGANIZATION IN ORGANISMS FROM SIMPLEST TO MOST COMPLEX?

• A. TISSUE,CELLS,ORGANS, ORGAN SYSTEMS

• B. CELLS, ORGANS, TISSUES, ORGAN SYSTEMS

• C. ORGANS, CELLS, TISSUES, ORGAN SYSTEMS

• D. CELLS, TISSUES, ORGANS, ORGAN SYSTEMS

• 33. A SPECIES IS MOST LIKELY TO GO EXTINCT DUE TO

• A. AGING OF ITS POPULATION

• B. LACK OF COMPETITION

• C. CHANGES IN ITS ENVIRONMENT

• D. EVOLUTION OF NEW ADAPTATIONS

• 34. BIOENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES THAT IMPROVE HUMAN HEALTH OR QUALITY OF LIFE INCLUDE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING EXCEPT

• A. PROSTHETIC DEVICES• B. BIOFUELS• C. CELL PHONES• D. GENETICALLY MODIFIED

ORGANISMS

• 35. AFTER MANY YEARS OF USE AN INSECTICIDE NO LONGER KILLS INSECTS WHAT IS THE MOST LIKELY REASON FOR THIS?

• A. INSECTS AVOID THE INSECTICIDE• B. INSECTICIDE HAS BEEN WASHED AWAY

BY RAIN• C. INSECTICIDE HAS BECOME

CONCENTRATED IN THE SOIL• D. INSECTS HAVE EVOLVED RESISTANCE

TO THE PESTICIDE

• 36. ALL THE FOLLOWING SUBSTANCES ARE GASES AT NORMAL EARTH TEMPERATURES. WHICH OF THE SUBSTANCES IS A COMPOUND?

• A. CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2)• B. NITROGEN (N2)• C. OXYGEN (O2)• D. OZONE (O3)

• 37. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE MOST REACTIVE GROUP OF ELEMENTS?

• A. HALOGENS

• B. NOBLE GASES

• C. NONMETALS

• D. ALKALI METALS

• 38. STUDENTS ARE TRYING TO IDENTIFY AN UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE THAT IS SHINY, A GOOD CONDUCTOR OF HEAT, AND BENDS EASILY. WHICH ELEMENT IS THE SUBSTANCE MOST LIKELY TO BE?

• A. ALUMINUM• B. CARBON• C. SODIUM• D. SULFUR

• 39. THE BEST CONDUCTORS OF ELECTRICITY ARE ELEMENTS THAT BELONG TO THE GROUP CALLED

• A. METALLOIDS

• B. METALS

• C. NOBLE GASES

• D. NONMETALS

• 40. A SHINY NEW COPPER STATUE WAS PLACED OUTDOORS IN A CITY PARK. AFTER A FEW WEEKS, THE STATUE TURNED GREEN AND DULL. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A

• A. CHEMICAL CHANGE • B. PHYSICAL CHANGE• C. CHANGE OF STATE• D. PHASE CHANGE

• 41. AN EXOTHERMIC REACTION IS A CHEMICAL REASCTION THAT

• A. USES ENERGY

• B. RELEASES ENERGY

• C. CONSERVES ENERGY

• D. CREATES ENERGY

• 42.WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS MOST LIKELY TO FORM WHEN EARTH’S PLATES COLLIDE WITH EACH OTHER?

• A. VALLEYS

• B. REEFS

• C. MOUNTAINS

• D. LAKES

• 43. ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ARE TYPES OF FOSSILS EXCEPT

• A. MOLDS

• B. CASTS

• C. TRACE FOSSILS

• D. CRYSTALS

• 44. THE OLDEST FOSSILS THAT HAVE YET BEEN FOUND FORMED FROM ORGANISMS THAT LIVED

• A. IN WATER

• B. ON LAND

• C. IN AIR

• D. IN SOIL

• 45. GPS RECEIVERS HAVE BEEN PLACED ON ENDANGERED SPECIES IN THE WILD. WHAT MIGHT SCIENTISTS LEARN ABOUT THE ANIMALS DIRECTLY FROM THE GPS RECEIVERS?

• A. MIGRATION PATTERNS• B. FEEDING HABITS• C. MATING PATTERNS• D. HEALTH AND AGE

• 46. WHAT INFORMATION WOULD REMOTE SENSING NOT BE USED FOR?

• A. TRACKING STORMS

• B. PHYTOPLANKTON LOCATION

• C. CHANGE IN LAND AREA OVER TIME

• D. AMOUNT OF GROUNDWATER

• 47. WHAT ALLOWS EUGLENA TO MOVE?

• A. CILIA

• B. FLAGELLA

• C. PSEUDOPODS

• D. STIGMA

• 48. WHAT CAN NITRATES FROM FARMS CAUSE IN LOCAL WATER SYSTEMS?

• A. DECREASED TEMPERATURE

• B. INCREASED OXYGEN LEVELS

• C. DECREASED OXYGEN LEVELS

• D. INCREASED TEMPERATURES

• 49. WHAT AREA IS WHERE NUTRIENTS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO THE WARM SHALLOW SURFACE FROM DEEP COLD WATER DUE TO UPWELLING?

• A. ESTUARY• B. ABYSSAL PLAIN• C. CONTINENTAL SHELF AREA• D. TRENCHES

• 50. WHAT PROCESS IS USED TO REMOVE LARGE PARTICLES FROM SEWAGE IN WATER TREATMENT FACILITIES?

• A. CHLORINATION

• B. OXYGENATION

• C. FILTRATION

• D. DRAIN FIELD