ASVAB General Science Practice Test 328906 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 2.30
Score 0% 46%

Review

1

Small rocks shed by asteroids and comets that reach the earth are called:

60% Answer Correctly

meteorites

shooting stars

meteors

meteoroids


Solution

Smaller rocks shed by asteroids and comets are called meteoroids. When these rocks reach Earth's atmosphere, they burn up in the mesosphere and become meteors. If a meteor manages to reach the Earth, it is called a meteorite.


2

Which of the following is the formula for power?

56% Answer Correctly

\(P = {\vec{w} \over t}\)

\(P = {w \over t}\)

\(P = \vec{w}t\)

\(P = w t\)


Solution

Power is the rate at which work is performed or work per unit time:  \(P = {w \over t}\)  and is measured in watts (W).


3

Blood is circulated throughout the body via:

37% Answer Correctly

capillaries

arterioles

veins

aorta


Solution

The aorta is the body's largest artery and receives blood from the pulmonary vein via the left ventricle. From there, blood is circulated through the rest of the body through smaller arteries called arterioles that branch out from the heart. Finally, blood is delivered to bodily tissues through capillaries.


4

Sound travels fastest through which of the following media?

49% Answer Correctly

air

water

metal

vacuum


Solution

The speed of a sound wave will vary with the medium.  Sound travels fastest through media that has particles that are very close together, like metal. Thus, it travels faster through water than through air and doesn't travel at all through a vacuum (there are no particles in empty space to vibrate).


5

When the clouds become too saturated with water, the water is released as precipitation in the form of:

29% Answer Correctly

rain

snow or ice

snow

ice


Solution

Rising into the atmosphere, the water condenses into clouds. When the clouds become too saturated with water, the water is released as snow or ice precipitation which may warm as it falls to reach Earth as rain.