ASVAB General Science Practice Test 388825 Results

	Your Results	Global Average
Questions	5	5
Correct	0	3.43
Score	0%	69%

Review

__________ is caused by a lack of iron in the diet.

82% Answer Correctly

	scurvy
	anemia
	diabetes
	shingles

Solution

Anemia, which may cause weakness, dizziness, and headaches is caused by a lack of iron in the diet.

In the food chain, consumers are classified as which of the following?

73% Answer Correctly

	secondary
	primary
	all of these
	tertiary

Solution

Most animals consume other organisms to survive. Consumers (heterotrophs) are divided into three types, primary, secondary, and tertiary, based on their place in the food chain.

Which of the following members of the food chain are most alike?

65% Answer Correctly

	producers and tertiary consumers
	scavengers and decomposers
	primary consumers and omnivores
	herbivores and autotrophs

Solution

Like decomposers, scavengers also break down the dead bodies of plants and animals into simple nutrients. The difference is that scavengers operate on much larger refuse and dead animals (carrion). Decomposers then consume the much smaller particles left over by the scavengers.

In the food chain, omnivores may be which of the following?

46% Answer Correctly

	secondary consumers or scavengers
	primary or secondary consumers
	primary or tertiary consumers
	secondary or tertiary consumers

Solution

Secondary or tertiary consumers may be omnivores.

Tough fibrous cords of connective tissue that connect muscles to the skeleton are called:

71% Answer Correctly

	cartilage
	vertebra
	ligaments
	tendons

Solution

Tough fibrous cords of connective tissue called tendons connect muscles to the skeleton while another type of connective tissue called ligaments connect bones to other bones at joints (elbow, knee, fingers, spinal column).