ASVAB General Science Practice Test 478753 Results

	Your Results	Global Average
Questions	5	5
Correct	0	2.79
Score	0%	56%

Review

50°F is how many °C?

72% Answer Correctly

	122
	-10
	58
	10

Solution

The formula to convert from F° to C° is:

\(C° = {5 \over 9} (F° - 32)\)

plugging in our values gives:

\(C° = {5 \over 9} (50 - 32)\)

\(C° = {5 \over 9} (18)\)

\(C° = {90 \over 9}\)

\(C° = 10\)

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

45% Answer Correctly

	liquid
	primarily solid
	solid
	makes up most of the Earth's volume

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).

These clouds grow upward and can develop into cumulonimbus or thunderstorm clouds.

69% Answer Correctly

	stratus clouds
	nimbus clouds
	cirrus clouds
	cumulus clouds

Solution

Cumulus clouds are large, puffy, mid-altitude clouds with a flat base and a rounded top. These clouds grow upward and can develop into a cumulonimbus or thunderstorm cloud.

As part of the carbon cycle, plants release carbon into the atmosphere through which process?

45% Answer Correctly

	photosynthesis
	evaporation
	decomposition
	sedimentation

Solution

The carbon cycle represents the ciruit of carbon through Earth's ecosystem. Carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the atmosphere is absorbed by plants through photosynthesis. Plants then die and release carbon back into the atmosphere during decomposition or are eaten by animals who breathe (respiration) the carbon into the atmosphere they exhale and produce waste which also releases carbon as it decays.

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

51% Answer Correctly

	water
	sediment
	liquid mantle
	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.