ASVAB General Science Practice Test 357425 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 2.91
Score 0% 58%

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1

In the classification of life, bacteria, archaea and eukaryota are which of the following?

62% Answer Correctly

domains

classes

species

kingdoms


Solution

The broadest classification of life splits all organisms into three groups called domains. The three domains of life are bacteria, archaea and eukaryota.


2

An element in the physical state of __________ maintains neither a constant volume nor a constant shape.

75% Answer Correctly

gas

solid

plasma

liquid


Solution

The gaseous state occurs at a higher temperature range than the solid and liquid states of the same substance. In this state, molecules flow very freely around each other and will spread out as far as they're able. Gases maintain neither a constant volume nor a constant shape.


3

Examples of secondary consumers include:

52% Answer Correctly

plankton

wolves

chickens

grasshoppers


Solution

Secondary consumers (carnivores) subsist mainly on primary consumers. Omnivores are secondary consumers that also eat producers. Examples are rats, fish, and chickens.


4

During continental drift, the drifting plates move across which of the following?

50% Answer Correctly

sediment

fault lines

water

liquid mantle


Solution

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


5

Which of the following is not a characteristic of the Sun?

52% Answer Correctly

formed 2.6 billion years ago

is a yellow dwarf star

is composed of hydrogen and helium

makes up over 99% of the mass of the solar system


Solution

The Sun is a G-type main-sequence star (G2V) but is informally known as a yellow dwarf star. Composed of 73% hydrogen and 25% helium, the hot plasma that makes up the Sun reaches 9,900°F (5,505°C) at the surface. It formed approximately 4.6 billion years ago and makes up 99.86% of the mass in the solar system.