ASVAB General Science Practice Test 403120 Results

Your Results Global Average
Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.45
Score 0% 69%

Review

1

Secondary consumers that also eat producers are known as:

62% Answer Correctly

scavengers

herbivores

carnivores

omnivores


Solution

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


2

Convert 5C° to F°.

53% Answer Correctly

27

41

37

-23


Solution

To convert from C° to F° use:

\(F° = {9 \over 5}C° + 32\)

\(F° = {9 \over 5}(5) + 32\)

\(F° = {45 \over 5} + 32\)

\(F° = 9 + 32 = 41\)


3

The four planets closest to the Sun are called terrestrial. What does terrestrial mean?

74% Answer Correctly

the planets are Earth-like

the planets have moons

the planets have water

the planets have magnetic fields


Solution

The four planets closest to the Sun (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars) are called terrestrial (Earth-like) planets because, like the Earth, they're solid with inner metal cores covered by rocky surfaces.


4

When two air masses meet and neither is displaced, what kind of front is present?

75% Answer Correctly

warm 

cold

stationary

occluded


Solution

When two air masses meet and neither is displaced, a stationary front is created. Stationary fronts often cause persistent cloudy wet weather.


5

The brain and spinal cord make up the __________ nervous system.

81% Answer Correctly

somatic

autonomic

peripheral

central


Solution

The nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord (central nervous system) and the peripheral nervous system which is the network of nerve cells (neurons) that collect and distribute signals from the central nervous system throughout the body.