ASVAB General Science Practice Test 503488 Results

	Your Results	Global Average
Questions	5	5
Correct	0	2.98
Score	0%	60%

Review

In the food chain, omnivores may be which of the following?

45% Answer Correctly

	primary or secondary consumers
	primary or tertiary consumers
	secondary or tertiary consumers
	secondary consumers or scavengers

Solution

Secondary or tertiary consumers may be omnivores.

"An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force." This describes which of Newton's laws of motion?

73% Answer Correctly

	second
	fourth
	third
	first

Solution

Also known as the law of inertia, Newton's first law of motion states that An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.

All surface water is part of the:

76% Answer Correctly

	lithosphere
	geosphere
	atmosphere
	hydrosphere

Solution

The biosphere is the global ecological system integrating all living beings and their relationships. This includes their interactions with the lithosphere (the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle), hydrosphere (all surface water), and atmosphere (the envelope of gases surrounding the planet).

Which of the following is not a characteristic of the Sun?

52% Answer Correctly

	is composed of hydrogen and helium
	makes up over 99% of the mass of the solar system
	formed 2.6 billion years ago
	is a yellow dwarf star

Solution

The Sun is a G-type main-sequence star (G2V) but is informally known as a yellow dwarf star. Composed of 73% hydrogen and 25% helium, the hot plasma that makes up the Sun reaches 9,900°F (5,505°C) at the surface. It formed approximately 4.6 billion years ago and makes up 99.86% of the mass in the solar system.

The __________ nervous system controls voluntary actions.

52% Answer Correctly

	central
	peripheral
	autonomic
	somatic

Solution

Part of the peripheral nervous system, the somatic nervous system is made up of nerve fibers that send sensory information to the central nervous system and control voluntary actions.