ASVAB General Science Practice Test 456551 Results

	Your Results	Global Average
Questions	5	5
Correct	0	3.43
Score	0%	69%

Review

The dwarf planet Pluto is located where?

63% Answer Correctly

	outside the solar system
	between the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn
	in the asteroid belt
	in the Kuiper Belt

Solution

The Kuiper Belt is similar to the asteroid belt but much larger. Extending beyond the orbit of Neptune, it contains objects composed mostly of frozen methane, ammonia, and water. Most notably, the Kuiper Belt is home to Pluto, a dwarf planet that, until a 2006 reclassification, was considered the ninth planet of the solar system.

The ozone layer is in which of Earth's atmospheric layers?

67% Answer Correctly

	mesosphere
	troposphere
	stratosphere
	thermosphere

Solution

The stratosphere is just above the troposphere and is stratified in temperature with warmer layers higher and cooler layers closer to Earth. This increase in temperature is a result of absorption of the Sun's radiation by the ozone layer.

What is a major difference between the somatic and autonomic nervous systems?

83% Answer Correctly

	one controls thinking, the other controls feeling
	each belongs to a different nervous system
	one is inherited, the other is learned
	one controls voluntary activity, one controls involuntary activity

Solution

Both are part of the peripheral nervous system. The somatic nervous system sends sensory information to the central nervous system and controls voluntary actions while the autonomic nervous system regulates involuntary activity in the heart, stomach, and intestines.

Which of the following is not true about simple magnets?

63% Answer Correctly

	same poles repel each other
	all of these are untrue
	opposite poles repel each other
	opposite poles attract each other

Solution

Simple magnets have two poles, north and south, and opposite poles attract each other (N attracts S, S attracts N). Likewise, the same pole of two magnets repel (N repels N, S repels S). The Earth has a magnetic field and North and South Poles which enables the use of a magnetic compass to determine direction.

Generally, an atom has __________ negative electrons orbiting the nucleus as it does positive protons inside.

67% Answer Correctly

	double the number of
	more
	fewer
	equal numbers of

Solution

An electron is a subatomic particle that orbits the nucleus of an atom. It carries a negative electric charge. Generally, an atom has the same number of negative electrons orbiting the nucleus as it does positive protons inside.