ASVAB General Science Practice Test 301250 Results

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Questions 5 5
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Score 0% 63%

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1

In the heart, blood flows from the right __________ to the lungs then back to the heart via the left __________.

55% Answer Correctly

ventricle, ventricle

atrium, atrium

atrium, ventricle

ventricle, atrium


Solution

The two largest veins in the body, the venae cavae, pass blood to the right ventricle which pumps the blood to the lungs through the pulmonary artery. Blood picks up oxygen in the lungs and returns it to the left atrium via the pulmonary vein.


2

Within DNA, a variety of a particular gene is called a(n):

55% Answer Correctly

allele

homozygous

heterozygous

chromosome


Solution

The gene is the base unit of inheritance and is contained within DNA. A gene may come in several varieties (alleles) and there are a pair of alleles for every gene. If the alleles are alike, a person is homozygous for that gene. If the alleles are different, heterozygous.


3

Changes to an object's speed or direction of motion are caused by which of the following?

72% Answer Correctly

work

kinetic energy

power

a force


Solution

Force is applied to change an object's speed or direction of motion.


4

Minerals, vitamins, and fiber are:

69% Answer Correctly

macronutrients

micronutrients

carbohydrates

proteins


Solution

Minterals, vitamins, and fiber are micronutrients while proteins, carbohydrates, and fats are macronutrients.


5

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

58% Answer Correctly

continents

plates

sedimentary rock

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.