ASVAB General Science Practice Test 17831 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.54
Score 0% 71%

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1

Which of these vitamins doesn't come from food?

75% Answer Correctly

C

D

Potassium

A


Solution

Vitamins are necessary for a wide variety of bodily processes. Some vitamins like Vitamins A and C come from diet but others, like Vitamin D, are generated in response to sunlight.


2

Scalar quantities are fully described by which of the following?

47% Answer Correctly

a direction only

a magnitude and a direction

a magnitude and a polarity

a magnitude only


Solution

Velocity and displacement are vector quantities which means each is fully described by both a magnitude and a direction.  In contrast, scalar quantities are quantities that are fully described by a magnitude only.  A variable indicating a vector quantity will often be shown with an arrow symbol:  \(\vec{v}\)


3

An air mass is a large body of air that has which of the following characteristics?

87% Answer Correctly

similar temperature

similar density

all of these

similar moisture


Solution

An air mass is a large body of air that has similar moisture (density) and temperature characteristics. A front is a transition zone between two air masses.


4

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

79% Answer Correctly

biome

community

ecosystem

population


Solution

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


5

"The acceleration of an object as produced by a net force is directly proportional to the magnitude of the net force, in the same direction as the net force, and inversely proportional to the mass of the object." This describes which of Newton's laws of motion?

65% Answer Correctly

fourth

first

third

second


Solution

Newton's second law of motion states that The acceleration of an object as produced by a net force is directly proportional to the magnitude of the net force, in the same direction as the net force, and inversely proportional to the mass of the object. This law basically means that the greater the mass of an object, the more force is needed to overcome its inertia.