ASVAB General Science Practice Test 403155 Results

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1

Examples of primary consumers include:

54% Answer Correctly

rats

cows

fish

all of these
Solution

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

2

Water freezing or boiling is an example of which of the following?

80% Answer Correctly

phase transition

cooling

heating

sublimation
Solution

A substance undergoes a phase transition when it moves from one state of matter to another, for example, when water freezes or boils.

3

"For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction." This describes which of Newton's laws of motion?

70% Answer Correctly

third

first

second

fourth
Solution

Newton's third law of motion states that For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. When an object exerts a force on another object, the second object exerts a force of equal magnitude in the opposite direction on the first object.

4

Which of these foods should a person with high cholesterol avoid?

61% Answer Correctly

olive oil

eggs

avocados

vegetable oils
Solution

Fats come in three types, saturated (meats, shellfish, eggs, milk), monounsaturated (olives, almonds, avocados), and polyunsaturated (vegetable oils). Saturated fats can raise LDL ("bad") cholesterol while unsaturated fats can decrease it.

5

Traits represented by genes may be which of the following?

82% Answer Correctly

recessive

expressed

all of these

dominant
Solution

The traits represented by genes are inherited independently of each other  (one from the male and one from the female gamete) and a trait can be dominant or recessive.  A dominant trait will be expressed when paired with a recessive trait while two copies of a recessive trait (one from each parent) must be present for the recessive trait to be expressed.