ASVAB General Science Practice Test 113577 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.16
Score 0% 63%

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1

Sound travels fastest through which of the following media?

48% Answer Correctly

metal

air

water

vacuum


Solution

The speed of a sound wave will vary with the medium.  Sound travels fastest through media that has particles that are very close together, like metal. Thus, it travels faster through water than through air and doesn't travel at all through a vacuum (there are no particles in empty space to vibrate).


2

The first step in the water cycle is:

67% Answer Correctly

infiltration

precipitation

reclamation

evaporation


Solution

The water (hydrologic) cycle describes the movement of water from Earth through the atmosphere and back to Earth. The cycle starts when water evaporates into a gas from bodies of water like rivers, lakes and oceans or transpirates from the leaves of plants.


3

Which of the following members of the food chain are most alike?

65% Answer Correctly

primary consumers and omnivores

scavengers and decomposers

producers and tertiary consumers

herbivores and autotrophs


Solution

Like decomposers, scavengers also break down the dead bodies of plants and animals into simple nutrients. The difference is that scavengers operate on much larger refuse and dead animals (carrion). Decomposers then consume the much smaller particles left over by the scavengers.


4

Which of blood component allows blood to clot?

74% Answer Correctly

platelets

red blood cells

white blood cells

plasma


Solution

Blood is created in bone marrow and is made up of cells suspended in liquid plasma. Red blood cells carry oxygen, white blood cells fight infection, and platelets are cell fragments that allow blood to clot.


5

The heart __________ blood.

61% Answer Correctly

oxygenates

creates

filters

deoxygenates


Solution

To provide oxygen to the body, blood flows through the heart in a path formed by the right atrium → right ventricle → lungs → left atrium → left ventricle → body. When blood enters the right side of the heart it is deoxygenated. It enters the left side of the heart oxygenated after traveling to the lungs.