ASVAB General Science Practice Test 397911 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.42
Score 0% 68%

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1

Scavengers break down the dead bodies of plants and animals into which of the following?

65% Answer Correctly

complex carbohydrates

carrion

producers

simple nutrients


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.


2

The process of diffusion allows __________ to exchange oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, and waste between blood and the body's cells.

57% Answer Correctly

red blood cells

veins

arteries

capillaries


Solution

Capillaries are small thin-walled vessels that permit the exchange of oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, and waste between blood and the body's cells. This process of exchange is called diffusion.


3

Vector quantities are fully described by which of the following?

75% Answer Correctly

a direction only

a magnitude and a direction

a direction and a polarity

a magnitude only


Solution

Velocity and displacement are vector quantities which means each is fully described by both a magnitude and a direction.  In contrast, scalar quantities are quantities that are fully described by a magnitude only.  A variable indicating a vector quantity will often be shown with an arrow symbol:  \(\vec{v}\)


4

In the classification of life, bacteria, archaea and eukaryota are which of the following?

62% Answer Correctly

classes

kingdoms

species

domains


Solution

The broadest classification of life splits all organisms into three groups called domains. The three domains of life are bacteria, archaea and eukaryota.


5

A human heart consists of how many chambers?

84% Answer Correctly

4

1

8

2


Solution

The heart is the organ that drives the circulatory system. In humans, it consists of four chambers with two that collect blood called atria and two that pump blood called ventricles. The heart's valves prevent blood pumped out of the ventricles from flowing back into the heart.