ASVAB General Science Practice Test 380606 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.30
Score 0% 66%

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1

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

50% Answer Correctly

liquid mantle

water

sediment

fault lines
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.

2

Herbivores are __________ that subsist on producers like plants and fungus.

72% Answer Correctly

scavengers

secondary consumers

primary consumers

tertiary consumers
Solution

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

3

A subatomic particle found in the nucleus of an atom. It carries a positive electric charge. This desribes which of the following?

79% Answer Correctly

neutron

proton

atom

electron
Solution

A proton is a subatomic particle found in the nucleus of an atom. It carries a positive electric charge.

4

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

66% Answer Correctly

stratosphere

thermosphere

troposphere

mesosphere
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

In the metric system, what prefix represents 10-3?

62% Answer Correctly

mega

centi

kilo

milli
Solution

In the metric system, milli is the prefix for 10-3.