ASVAB General Science Practice Test 42781 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.42
Score 0% 68%

Review

1

Minerals, vitamins, and fiber are:

69% Answer Correctly

macronutrients

micronutrients

proteins

carbohydrates


Solution

Minterals, vitamins, and fiber are micronutrients while proteins, carbohydrates, and fats are macronutrients.


2

Gametes have how many pairs of chromosomes?

76% Answer Correctly

4

2

23

46


Solution

Reproductive (haploid) cells known as gametes have half as many (23) pairs of chromosomes as normal (diploid) cells. When the male gamete (sperm) combines with the female gamete (ovum) through meiosis to form a zygote, each gamete supplies half the chromosomes needed to form the normal diploid cells.


3

An electrically charged atom is a(n):

49% Answer Correctly

electron

neutron

proton

ion


Solution

A compound is a substance containing two or more different chemical elements bound together by a chemical bond. In ionic compounds, one atom borrows an electron from another atom resulting in two ions (electrically charged atoms) of opposite polarities that then become bonded electrostatically.


4

When light travels between two substances it bends. This is called:

74% Answer Correctly

reflection

conduction

convection

refraction


Solution

Because different materials have different refractive indices, light changes speed when passing from one material to another. This causes the light to bend (refraction) at an angle that depends on the change in refractive index between the materials. The greater the difference, the higher the angle of refraction.


5

Herbivores are __________ that subsist on producers like plants and fungus.

73% Answer Correctly

secondary consumers

tertiary consumers

primary consumers

scavengers


Solution

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