ASVAB General Science Practice Test 446190 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.14
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1

The Rh factor antigen in blood determines:

58% Answer Correctly

universal recipient status

postive or negative

universal donor status

blood type


Solution

Blood is categorized into four different types (A, B, AB, and O) based on the type of antigens found on the outside of the red blood cells. Additionally, each type can be negative or positive based on whether or not the cells have an antigen called the Rh factor.


2

Which of the following describes how a person's genes express themselves in physical characteristics?

61% Answer Correctly

genotype

DNA

phenotype

chromotype


Solution

A person's genotype is their genetic makeup and includes both dominant and recessive alleles. Phenotype is how the genes express themselves in physical characteristics.


3

Which of the following describes the Earth's mantle?

81% Answer Correctly

hot

all of these

dense

makes up most of Earth's volume


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

Respiration is the process by which __________ absorb oxygen and eliminate carbon dioxide.

63% Answer Correctly

blood cells

diaphragms

bronchioles

capillaries


Solution

The respiratory system manages respiration which is the process by which blood cells absorb oxygen and eliminate carbon dioxide.


5

During continental drift, the drifting plates move across which of the following?

50% Answer Correctly

water

liquid mantle

sediment

fault lines


Solution

The crust and the rigid lithosphere (upper mantle) is made up of approximately thirty separate plates. These plates more very slowly on the slightly more liquid mantle (asthenosphere) beneath them. This movement has resulted in continental drift which is the gradual movement of land masses across Earth's surface. Continental drift is a very slow process, occurring over hundreds of millions of years.