ASVAB General Science Practice Test 419524 Results

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1

The two heart chambers that pump blood called:

59% Answer Correctly

valves

atria

aorta

ventricles


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.


2

A subatomic particle found in the nucleus of an atom. It carries a positive electric charge. This desribes which of the following?

80% Answer Correctly

electron

atom

neutron

proton


Solution

A proton is a subatomic particle found in the nucleus of an atom. It carries a positive electric charge.


3

Which of the following describes the Earth's mantle?

81% Answer Correctly

makes up most of Earth's volume

dense

all of these

hot


Solution

Mantle makes up 84% of the Earth's volume and has an average thickness of approximately 1,800 miles (2,900 km). It is dense, hot, and primarily solid although in places it behaves more like a viscous fluid as the plates of the upper mantle and crust gradually "float" along its circumference.


4

__________ is caused by a lack of Vitamin C.

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diabetes

anemia

shingles

scurvy


Solution

Scurvy is a difficiency disease caused by a lack of Vitamin C in the diet.


5

Within DNA, a variety of a particular gene is called a(n):

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homozygous

chromosome

allele

heterozygous


Solution

The gene is the base unit of inheritance and is contained within DNA. A gene may come in several varieties (alleles) and there are a pair of alleles for every gene. If the alleles are alike, a person is homozygous for that gene. If the alleles are different, heterozygous.