ASVAB General Science Practice Test 290855 Results

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Questions	5	5
Correct	0	3.62
Score	0%	72%

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Saturated fats can __________ LDL ("bad") cholesterol while unsaturated fats can __________ it.

78% Answer Correctly

	decrease, raise
	decrease, stabilize
	raise, decrease
	stabilize, raise

Solution

Saturated fats can raise LDL ("bad") cholesterol while unsaturated fats can decrease it.

In the food chain, bacteria and fungi convert the organic matter in the dead bodies of plants and animals into simple nutrients. Bacteria and fungi are:

86% Answer Correctly

	scavengers
	producers
	decomposers
	primary consumers

Solution

Decomposers (saprotrophs) are organisms such as bacteria and fungi that break down the organic matter in the dead bodies of plants and animals into simple nutrients.

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

76% Answer Correctly

	a food chain
	a biome
	a community
	a population

Solution

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

Which of the following describes the Earth's mantle?

55% Answer Correctly

	liquid
	solid
	primarily liquid
	primarily solid

Solution

Mantle makes up 84% of the Earth's volume and has an average thickness of approximately 1,800 miles (2,900 km). It is dense, hot, and primarily solid although in places it behaves more like a viscous fluid as the plates of the upper mantle and crust gradually "float" along its circumference.

Reproductive haploids are also known as:

63% Answer Correctly

	sperm
	diploids
	ovum
	gametes

Solution

Reproductive (haploid) cells known as gametes have half as many (23) pairs of chromosomes as normal (diploid) cells. When the male gamete (sperm) combines with the female gamete (ovum) through meiosis to form a zygote, each gamete supplies half the chromosomes needed to form the normal diploid cells.