ASVAB General Science Practice Test 440248 Results

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Questions 5 5
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1

Examples of secondary consumers include:

52% Answer Correctly

wolves

chickens

plankton

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

Which of the following describes the Earth's outer core?

45% Answer Correctly

liquid

solid

makes up most of the Earth's volume

primarily solid


Solution

The Earth's core is divided into the liquid outer core (1,430 miles or 2,300 km radius) and the solid inner core (745 miles or 1,200 km radius).


3

The process of diffusion allows __________ to exchange oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, and waste between blood and the body's cells.

57% Answer Correctly

arteries

red blood cells

veins

capillaries


Solution

Capillaries are small thin-walled vessels that permit the exchange of oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, and waste between blood and the body's cells. This process of exchange is called diffusion.


4

Changes to an object's speed or direction of motion are caused by which of the following?

72% Answer Correctly

power

a force

work

kinetic energy


Solution

Force is applied to change an object's speed or direction of motion.


5

In the metric system, what prefix represents 10-3?

62% Answer Correctly

centi

mega

milli

kilo


Solution

In the metric system, milli is the prefix for 10-3.