ASVAB General Science Practice Test 379890 Results

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Questions 5 5
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1

The respiratory and circulatory systems are similar in that they:

84% Answer Correctly

transport oxygen

transport nutrients

deoxygenate blood

add carbon dioxide


Solution

Like the respiratory system, the circulatory system serves to transport oxygen throughout the body while removing carbon dioxide. In addition, the circulatory system transports nutrients from the digestive system.


2

Gametes have how many pairs of chromosomes?

76% Answer Correctly

2

23

46

4


Solution

Reproductive (haploid) cells known as gametes have half as many (23) pairs of chromosomes as normal (diploid) cells. When the male gamete (sperm) combines with the female gamete (ovum) through meiosis to form a zygote, each gamete supplies half the chromosomes needed to form the normal diploid cells.


3

"For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction." This describes which of Newton's laws of motion?

69% Answer Correctly

fourth

first

third

second


Solution

Newton's third law of motion states that For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. When an object exerts a force on another object, the second object exerts a force of equal magnitude in the opposite direction on the first object.


4

Which of the following states of matter exists at the lowest temperature?

71% Answer Correctly

none of these

gas

liquid

solid


Solution

Solids exist at a lower temperature than liquids which exist at a lower temperature than gases.


5

In the classification of life, which of the following is not a kingdom?

63% Answer Correctly

bacteria

plants

fungi

animals


Solution

Below domain, life is classified into six kingdoms: plants, animals, archaebacteria, eubacteria, and fungi. The last kingdom, protists, include all microscopic organisms that are not bacteria, animals, plants or fungi.  (Archaebacteria and eubacteria are sometimes combined into a single kingdom, monera.)