Science EOG Sample Questions & Test Taking Strategies

Update your Table of Contents for today We will be completing practice EOG questions each day for warm-up, so please start on page 18 and keep adding to it each day…so, number 1-15 for today’s questions!

Warm-up:

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5/10 13 Science EOG Practice Questions (keep adding to them each day)

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Monday after school until 5:00 to review the Periodic Table and Chemistry first and then anything else that you want to go over…PLEASE COME WITH SPECIFIC QUESTIONS

Tutoring

Students need to be able to read carefully and analyze exactly what the question is asking them

Students need to know content vocabulary

Students need to be able to eliminate answer choices

Break It Down!

Basic Question Break Down

1-5 are random sample questions

A beaker with 100 mL of water is placed on a hot plate and heated. The water boils at 100 degrees Celsius. At what temperature would 90 mL of water boil?

A. 10 degrees CelsiusB. 90 degrees CelsiusC. 100 degrees CelsiusD. 110 degrees Celsius

Question 1

Where is the majority of Earth’s fresh water located?

A. CloudsB. OceanC. Polar ice capsD. Rivers

Question 2

A layer of marine fossils is discovered in a desert environment. Which hypothesis best explains the discovery?

A. The area was once covered by waterB. Volcanic activity once occurred in the

areaC. A catastrophic event once occurred in

the areaD. Erosion turned most of the limestone

in the area into sand

Question 3

The chart shows the worldwide number of measles cases over the last 20 years. What is most likely the cause of decline in cases of measles?

A. AntibioticsB. ChemotherapyC. QuarantinesD. Vaccines

Question 4

Year Measles Cases

1980 3,800,000

1985 2,800,000

1990 1,400,000

1995 800,000

2000 500,000

A chemical reaction produces two new substances, and each product has a mass of 25 grams. What was the total mass of the reactants?

A. 25 gramsB. 50 gramsC. 75 gramsD. 100 grams

Question 5

Questions 6-15 focus on Earth’s

History

Earth’s History Review

6) Which best explains how geologic time scales can help scientists study the evolution of life on Earth?

A. They describe the existence of rocks before there was life on Earth

B. They show that geological features have evolved at the same rate as organisms

C. They compare the life histories of species that have used rocks as habitats

D. They correlate the existence of life on Earth with geological events

Earth’s History Review

7) Which can most likely be concluded about the top layer of rock seen in an undisturbed cliff wall?

A. The top layer is older than layers located farther down the cliff

B. The top layer is younger than layers located farther down the cliff

C. The top layer contains more fossils than layers located farther down the cliff

D. The top layer contains fewer fossils than layers located farther down the cliff

Earth’s History Review

8) A scientist has a hypothesis that a large volcanic eruption caused a change in global temperature. Which information gained from ice cores is most useful in supporting this hypothesis?

A. Levels of dissolved oxygenB. Identities of trace metalsC. Estimates of natural radioactivityD. Amounts of atmospheric dust

Earth’s History Review

9) Which statement supports the theory of evolution?

A. All living things came from previous cellsB. All plants and animals have DNAC. Matter cannot be created or destroyedD. Fossils provide evidence that organisms

share a common ancestor

Earth’s History Review

10) If an index fossil is found in two rock beds that are separated by an ocean, what do you know about the relationship between the two rock beds?

A. The rock beds used to be in the same areas

B. The rock beds are about the same ageC. The rock beds are made from the same

type of rockD. The rock beds are unrelated

Earth’s History Review

11) What best explains why scientists have found fossils of the same species of land-dwelling animal in both Africa and South America?

A. The animals swam from one continent to the other

B. The two continents were once connected by a land bridge

C. The animals evolved identically on the two continents at the same time

D. The two continents were once joined as part of a larger continent

Earth’s History Review

12) Fossils of warm-weather plants were found on an island in the Arctic Ocean. What can be concluded from this discovery?

A. Spores of the plant drifted by air currents to the island

B. Ocean currents carried the plants to the island

C. The island drifted from a tropical region to its present location in the Arctic

D. Seeds of plants have been carried to the island by migratory birds

Earth’s History Review

13) The theory of global warming is based on an increase of what atmospheric gas?

A. Carbon dioxideB. HeliumC. HydrogenD. Oxygen

Earth’s History Review

14) Which theory best describes how an asteroid striking Earth may have caused the extinction of the dinosaurs?

A. Heat from the asteroid caused massive fires that reduced the food supply

B. Dense clouds formed following the collision causing a global drop in temperature

C. Land masses were altered by the collision reducing the carrying capacity of the land

D. Glaciers melted rapidly from the heat produced by the asteroid flooding the dinosaur’s habitats

Earth’s History Review

15) The Mid-Atlantic Ridge exists between the African and South American geologic plates. Which process most often occurs at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?

A. Destruction of crustB. Scraping of two geologic plates at a fault

lineC. Subduction of geologic platesD. Spreading of the sea floor

Earth’s History Review

Update your Table of Contents for today We will continue with Chemistry practice questions, so please complete the questions and follow along for the answers!

Warm-up:

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