Pearson EOC Practice Test A - Key

  1. D
  2. A – ATP is a biomolecule.
  3. A
  4. C
  5. A
  6. B
  7. B
  8. B
  9. C
  10. A
  11. D – A phospholipid has a hydrophobic head and hydrophilic head.
  12. B
  13. D
  14. D
  15. C
  16. D – Vocabulary: RNA polymerase
  17. D
  18. B – Vocabulary: inversion chromosomal mutation
  19. D
  20. C
  21. C
  22. D
  23. D – Vocabulary: anatomical homology vs. molecular homology
  24. A
  25. B
  26. C
  27. D
  28. C
  29. A
  30. A – Vocabulary: binomial nomenclature
  31. D – Vocabulary: dichotomous key
  32. D – Read cladogram using derived characteristics
  33. B
  34. A – Enzymes work best in certain pH and temperature range.
  35. A
  36. D –Digestive & Muscular: jaw muscles, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine
  37. C
  38. C – To answer needed to know puberty is reproductive, hormone is endocrine, and hypothalamus (signal) is nervous.
  39. C – Picture hard to see.
  40. B – Hormones in plants is response and bud/flower is reproductive.
  41. A – Vocabulary: epithelial tissue (villus in stomach) and connective tissue (blood)
  42. B – Hormones (insulin) stimulate cells to take up sugar from the blood.
  43. A
  44. A
  45. C
  46. A – Vocabulary: primary succession and pioneer species (lichens)
  47. C – Vocabulary: secondary succession
  48. B
  49. C
  50. A
  51. C
  52. A – Lightening is part of the nitrogen cycle. The enormous energy of lightning breaks nitrogen molecules and enables their atoms to combine with oxygen in the air forming nitrogen oxides. These dissolve in rain, forming nitrates, which are carried to the earth.
  53. A – Fertilizer runoff can lead to the growth of excess algae (algal bloom).
  54. A – (permanent change) Student had to know what a levee is.