ASVAB General Science Practice Test 228679 Results

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1

Examples of primary consumers include:

54% Answer Correctly

rats

all of these

cows

fish


Solution

Primary consumers (herbivores) subsist on producers like plants and fungus.  Examples are grasshoppers, cows, and plankton.


2

The energy posessed by a thrown baseball is an example of what kind of energy?

79% Answer Correctly

transitional

potential

gravitational

kinetic


Solution

Kinetic energy is the energy posessed by a moving object. Potential energy is stored energy in a stationary object based on its location, position, shape, or state.


3

The crust and lithosphere of the Earth is made up of which of the following?

58% Answer Correctly

continents

sedimentary rock

plates

metamorphic rock


Solution

The crust and the rigid lithosphere (upper mantle) is made up 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

The most diverse kindgom of life is which of the following?

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protists

fungi

plants

animals


Solution

Below domain, life is classified into six kingdoms: plants, animals, archaebacteria, eubacteria, and fungi. The last kingdom, protists, include all microscopic organisms that are not bacteria, animals, plants or fungi.  (Archaebacteria and eubacteria are sometimes combined into a single kingdom, monera.)


5

A large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat is:

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a population

a biome

a community

a food chain


Solution

A biome is a large naturally occurring community of flora (plants) and fauna (animals) occupying a major habitat (home or environment).