ASVAB General Science Practice Test 372973 Results

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1

Examples of primary consumers include:

54% Answer Correctly

rats

fish

cows

all of these


Solution

Primary consumers (herbivores) subsist on producers like plants and fungus.  Examples are grasshoppers, cows, and plankton.


2

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

kinetic

potential

gravitational

inherent


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.


3

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

72% Answer Correctly

kinetic energy

a force

power

work


Solution

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


4

The ozone layer is in which of Earth's atmospheric layers?

66% Answer Correctly

mesosphere

stratosphere

thermosphere

troposphere


Solution

The stratosphere is just above the troposphere and is stratified in temperature with warmer layers higher and cooler layers closer to Earth. This increase in temperature is a result of absorption of the Sun's radiation by the ozone layer.


5

This skeletal system is common in arthropods like insects, spiders, and crustaceans.

81% Answer Correctly

vertebrate

bone

exoskeleton

endoskeleton


Solution

An exoskeleton (external skeleton) is common in arthropods like insects, spiders, and crustaceans.