ASVAB General Science Practice Test 399131 Results

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Questions 5 5
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1

Examples of secondary consumers include:

52% Answer Correctly

plankton

wolves

chickens

grasshoppers


Solution

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


2

Examples of primary consumers include:

54% Answer Correctly

rats

all of these

fish

cows


Solution

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


3

Scalar quantities are fully described by which of the following?

48% Answer Correctly

a magnitude only

a direction only

a magnitude and a direction

a magnitude and a polarity


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

Blood is circulated throughout the body via:

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aorta

capillaries

arterioles

veins


Solution

The aorta is the body's largest artery and receives blood from the pulmonary vein via the left ventricle. From there, blood is circulated through the rest of the body through smaller arteries called arterioles that branch out from the heart. Finally, blood is delivered to bodily tissues through capillaries.


5

As part of digestion, the liver produces bile which breaks down:

64% Answer Correctly

protein

sugars

starches

fat


Solution

The liver produces bile which emulsifies (separates) fat.