ASVAB General Science Practice Test 33683 Results

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1

The energy posessed by a ball on the window ledge of a tall building is an example of what kind of energy?

66% Answer Correctly

gravitational

inherent

potential

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.


2

When two air masses meet and neither is displaced, what kind of front is present?

75% Answer Correctly

warm 

cold

occluded

stationary


Solution

When two air masses meet and neither is displaced, a stationary front is created. Stationary fronts often cause persistent cloudy wet weather.


3

Earth's history is divided into time periods, which of these is the shortest time period? 

57% Answer Correctly

epoch

eon

age

period


Solution

The Earth is approximately 4.6 billion years old and its history is divided into time periods based on the events that took place and the forms of life that were dominant during those periods. The largest graduation of time is the eon and each eon is subdivided into eras, eras into periods, periods into epochs, and epochs into ages.


4

The heat from the Sun traveling to Earth is an example of which of the following?

85% Answer Correctly

conduction

electricity

radiation

convection


Solution

Radiation occurs when electromagnetic waves transmit heat. An example is the heat from the Sun as it travels to Earth.


5

The two heart chambers that collect blood are called:

46% Answer Correctly

valves

ventricles

atria

aorta


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.