ASVAB General Science Practice Test 548320 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.31
Score 0% 66%

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1

Small rocks shed by asteroids and comets that reach the earth are called:

60% Answer Correctly

shooting stars

meteors

meteorites

meteoroids


Solution

Smaller rocks shed by asteroids and comets are called meteoroids. When these rocks reach Earth's atmosphere, they burn up in the mesosphere and become meteors. If a meteor manages to reach the Earth, it is called a meteorite.


2

Menstruation occurs when:

77% Answer Correctly

the fetus is formed 

the ovum fails to become fertilized

the ovum becomes fertilized

the zygote is formed


Solution

If the ovum fails to become fertilized, the lining of the uterus sloughs off during menstruation. From puberty to menopause, this cycle of menstruation repeats monthly (except during pregnancy).


3

In the food chain, consumers are classified as which of the following?

73% Answer Correctly

all of these

primary

tertiary

secondary


Solution

Most animals consume other organisms to survive. Consumers (heterotrophs) are divided into three types, primary, secondary, and tertiary, based on their place in the food chain.


4

A major difference between sound waves and light waves is which of the following?

70% Answer Correctly

a sound wave cannot travel through a vacuum

a sound wave is mechanical while a light wave is electromagnetic

all of these are correct

a sound wave is much slower than a light wave


Solution

A vibrating object produces a sound wave that travels outwardly from the object through a medium (any liquid or solid matter). The vibration disturbs the particles in the surrounding medium, those particles disturb the particules next to them, and so on, as the sound propagates away from the vibration.


5

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

49% Answer Correctly

molecule

compound

atom

element


Solution

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