ASVAB General Science Practice Test 467419 Results

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1

__________ is caused by a lack of Vitamin C.

65% Answer Correctly

diabetes

anemia

shingles

scurvy


Solution

Scurvy is a difficiency disease caused by a lack of Vitamin C in the diet.


2

Reproductive haploids are also known as:

63% Answer Correctly

sperm

diploids

gametes

ovum


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

During the water cycle, water enters the atmosphere as a gas through which process?

26% Answer Correctly

precipitation

both evaporation and transpiration

evaporation

transpiration


Solution

The water (hydrologic) cycle describes the movement of water from Earth through the atmosphere and back to Earth. The cycle starts when water evaporates into a gas from bodies of water like rivers, lakes and oceans or transpirates from the leaves of plants.


4

Stratus clouds are __________clouds characterized by horizontal layering with a broad flat base. 

64% Answer Correctly

low-altitude

mid-altitude

all-altitude

high-altitude


Solution

Clouds are categorized based on their shape, size, and altitude. Stratus clouds are low-altitude clouds characterized by horizontal layering with a broad flat base. When stratus clouds occur on the ground the result is fog.


5

In the heart, the __________ artery and vein manage blood flow to the lungs.

69% Answer Correctly

aorta

atrial

capillary

pulmonary


Solution

The two largest veins in the body, the venae cavae, pass blood to the right ventricle which pumps the blood to the lungs through the pulmonary artery. Blood picks up oxygen in the lungs and returns it to the left atrium via the pulmonary vein.