ASVAB General Science Practice Test 218743 Results

Your Results Global Average
Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.67
Score 0% 73%

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1

Which of these is important for the body's maintenance, growth, and repair?

88% Answer Correctly

fiber

carbohydrates

protein

fats


Solution

Found in both animal sources (meat, fish, eggs, cheese) and vegetables (beans, nuts, some grains), proteins are important for the body's maintenance, growth, and repair.


2

A human heart consists of how many chambers?

84% Answer Correctly

2

8

4

1


Solution

The heart is the organ that drives the circulatory system. In humans, it consists of four chambers with two that collect blood called atria and two that pump blood called ventricles. The heart's valves prevent blood pumped out of the ventricles from flowing back into the heart.


3

During continental drift, the drifting plates move across which of the following?

50% Answer Correctly

fault lines

liquid mantle

sediment

water


Solution

The crust and the rigid lithosphere (upper mantle) is made up of approximately thirty separate plates. These plates more very slowly on the slightly more liquid mantle (asthenosphere) beneath them. This movement has resulted in continental drift which is the gradual movement of land masses across Earth's surface. Continental drift is a very slow process, occurring over hundreds of millions of years.


4

Generally, an atom has __________ negative electrons orbiting the nucleus as it does positive protons inside.

67% Answer Correctly

double the number of

more

equal numbers of

fewer


Solution

An electron is a subatomic particle that orbits the nucleus of an atom. It carries a negative electric charge. Generally, an atom has the same number of negative electrons orbiting the nucleus as it does positive protons inside.


5

In fermentation, what replaces oxygen in anaerobic respiration?

63% Answer Correctly

water

lactic acid or alcohol

starches

ascorbic acid or peptides


Solution

If no oxygen is present, cellular respiration is anaerobic and will result in fermentation where either lactic acid or alcohol is used instead of oxygen.