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EOG test prep
Please get out a piece of blank
lined paper. Number your
paper 1-14. Please put your
name at the top and “EOG test
prep” at the top as well.
1. During which period in the geologic
time scale was there a great increase
in the variety of life forms on Earth?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Carboniferous
Cambrian
Cretatious
Quaternary
2 . Flowering plants evolved during the
Cretaceous period, between 145 and
65 million years ago. Scientists know
when these plants evolved because of
fossil evidence. Which type of fossil
evidence of flowering plants was least
likely to have been found by scientists?
A. Fossils of flowers
B. Fossils of seeds
C. imprints of flowers
D. imprints of stems
3. If you found many tracks of the
same species of prehistoric animal
in an area, what might you
conclude about that animal?
A.
B.
C.
D.
It lived in groups
It hunted alone
It was the only species there
It did not produce many offspring
4. What is the underlying cause of all
natural species extinctions?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Plate tectonics
Environmental change
Competition from other species
Habitat destruction
5. What percentage of all the
species that have ever lived on
Earth have become extinct?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Nearly 50%
Nearly 60%
Nearly 75%
More than 99%
6. Which of the following is a sudden
event that can change Earth’s surface?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Volcanic Eruption
Chemical weathering
Mechanical weathering
Mountain building
7. A scientist finds fossils from the
same organism in both India and
Africa. What is a possible explanation
for the presence of these fossils on
two different continents?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Adaptation
Continental drift
Climate change
Law of superposition
8. Which statement is part of the cell
theory?
A. Unicellular organisms are composed of a single
cell
B. Cells vary in size and shape
C. All cells come from existing cells
D. Cells may be specialized to perform a specific
function
9. Euglena are able to make their own
food by carrying out photosynthesis.
What is the source of energy for the
process of photosynthesis?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Sunlight
Carbon Dioxide
Glucose
Water
10. Why are viruses not considered
living things?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Viruses are not made of cells
Viruses do not contain hereditary material
Viruses cannot make their own nutrients
Viruses can be seen only with an electron
microscope
11. What is a disease that can be
spread from one person to another
called (we called this an infectious
disease but there is also another name
for it…hint: we did not use this word)
A.
B.
C.
D.
Carrier
Vector
Contagion
Noninfectious disease
12. Which of the following helps to
transmit diseases?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Isolation of the carrier
Reducing the population density
Elimination of the vector
Poor sanitary conditions
13. Which of the following organisms is
a prokaryote?
A.
B.
C.
D.
A virus
A yeast
A coccus
An amoeba
Which scientist first used the word
cell to describe what he saw with
a microscope?
A.
B.
C.
D.
van Leeuwenhoek
Hooke
Virchow
Schwann
Please check over your answers. Make
sure you have attempted to answer
ALL questions. THEN click to the next
slice for the answer key
Answer Key
1 C
2 A
3 A
4 B
5. D
6. A
7. B
8. C
9. A
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
A
C
D
A
B