ASVAB General Science Practice Test 374741 Results

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1

Examples of secondary consumers include:

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wolves

plankton

grasshoppers

chickens


Solution

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


2

In the water cycle, infiltration is most closely related to:

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water table

oceans

rivers

runoff


Solution

The water then accumulates as runoff and eventually returns to bodies of water or is absorbed into the Earth (infiltration) and becomes part of the water table, an underground resevoir of fresh water.


3

Which of the following represents the largest value?

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1 kL

1 cL

1 mL

1 ML


Solution

Mega (M) is 106, kilo (k) is 103, centi (c) is 10-2, milli (m) is 10-3 so 1 ML represents the largest value.


4

When compared to eukaryotic cells, prokaryotic cells are:

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similarly complex

none of these

more complex

less complex


Solution

Cells are classified into one of two groups based on whether or not they have a nucleus. Eukaryotic cells have a nucleus, prokaryotic cells do not have a nucleus and therefore have a less complex structure than eukaryotic cells.


5

An asteroid belt holds many of the asteroids in our solar system. It is located between the orbits of which planets?

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Mercury and Venus

Mars and Earth

Mars and Jupiter

Jupiter and Saturn


Solution

The solar system also contains over a million rocky fragments of at least 1km in diameter called asteroids as well as millions more with smaller diameters. Many of these asteroids are an asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.