ASVAB General Science Practice Test 131538 Results

Your Results Global Average
Questions 5 5
Correct 0 2.70
Score 0% 54%

Review

1

In the food chain, omnivores may be which of the following?

45% Answer Correctly

primary or secondary consumers

secondary consumers or scavengers

secondary or tertiary consumers

primary or tertiary consumers


Solution

Secondary or tertiary consumers may be omnivores.


2

During the water cycle, water enters the atmosphere as a gas through which process?

26% Answer Correctly

both evaporation and transpiration

transpiration

precipitation

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

Sound travels fastest through which of the following media?

48% Answer Correctly

vacuum

air

metal

water


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).


4

Which of the following is not one of the outer planets?

72% Answer Correctly

Uranus

Venus

Neptune

Jupiter


Solution

In contrast to the solid terrestrial planets, the outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) consist of hydrogen and helium gas and water.


5

A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment is known as:

79% Answer Correctly

ecosystem

community

population

biome


Solution

An ecosystem is a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment. This includes both the biotic (living) and abiotic (non-living).