ASVAB General Science Practice Test 600564 Results

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1

The process of diffusion allows __________ to exchange oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, and waste between blood and the body's cells.

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capillaries

red blood cells

veins

arteries


Solution

Capillaries are small thin-walled vessels that permit the exchange of oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, and waste between blood and the body's cells. This process of exchange is called diffusion.


2

The transfer of heat by the circulation or movement of the heated parts of a liquid or gas is called:

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radiation

conduction

diffusion

convection


Solution

Convection is the transfer of heat by the circulation or movement of the heated parts of a liquid or gas. Examples of heat transfer by convection include water coming to a boil on a stove, ice melting, and steam from a cup of coffee. 


3

An asteroid belt holds many of the asteroids in our solar system. It is located between the orbits of which planets?

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Mars and Jupiter

Jupiter and Saturn

Mars and Earth

Mercury and Venus


Solution

The solar system also contains over a million rocky fragments of at least 1km in diameter called asteroids as well as millions more with smaller diameters. Many of these asteroids are an asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.


4

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

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cumulus clouds

nimbus clouds

cirrus clouds

stratus 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.


5

Molecules and atoms that are outputs from a chemical reaction are known as which of the following?

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results

side effects

products

reactants


Solution

During a chemical reaction molecules and atoms (reactants) are rearranged into new combinations that result in new kinds of atoms or molecules (products).