ASVAB General Science Practice Test 452286 Results

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1

What prevents blood pumped out of the ventricles from flowing back into the heart?

72% Answer Correctly

capillaries

valves

platelets

atria


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

Elements that belong to the same period in the Periodic Table of the Elements have the same number of:

50% Answer Correctly

electron shells

atomic mass units

protons

electrons


Solution

The rows of the Periodic Table are called periods and contain elements that have the same number of electron shells ordered from lower to higher atomic number. 


3

Which of these is matter than cannot be separated into different types of matter by ordinary chemical methods?

49% Answer Correctly

element

atom

molecule

compound


Solution

An element is matter than cannot be separated into different types of matter by ordinary chemical methods.


4

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

45% Answer Correctly

makes up most of the Earth's volume

primarily solid

liquid

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).


5

A person's genotype is their genetic makeup and includes:

82% Answer Correctly

dominant alleles

both dominant and recessive alleles

recessive alleles

phenotypes


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.