ASVAB General Science Practice Test 55787 Results

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Questions 5 5
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1

Herbivores are __________ that subsist on producers like plants and fungus.

73% Answer Correctly

primary consumers

tertiary consumers

secondary consumers

scavengers


Solution

Primary consumers (herbivores) subsist on producers like plants and fungus.  Examples are grasshoppers, cows, and plankton.


2

In the metric system, what prefix represents 103?

61% Answer Correctly

mega

kilo

milli

centi


Solution

Kilo is the metric system prefix for 103.


3

All surface water is part of the:

76% Answer Correctly

atmosphere

hydrosphere

lithosphere

geosphere


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).


4

Within DNA, a variety of a particular gene is called a(n):

55% Answer Correctly

homozygous

allele

chromosome

heterozygous


Solution

The gene is the base unit of inheritance and is contained within DNA. A gene may come in several varieties (alleles) and there are a pair of alleles for every gene. If the alleles are alike, a person is homozygous for that gene. If the alleles are different, heterozygous.


5

When compared to eukaryotic cells, prokaryotic cells are:

60% Answer Correctly

none of these

less complex

similarly complex

more complex


Solution

Cells are classified into one of two groups based on whether or not they have a nucleus. Eukaryotic cells have a nucleus, prokaryotic cells do not have a nucleus and therefore have a less complex structure than eukaryotic cells.