ASVAB General Science Practice Test 624819 Results

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1

Examples of secondary consumers include:

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grasshoppers

wolves

chickens

plankton


Solution

Secondary consumers (carnivores) subsist mainly on primary consumers. Omnivores are secondary consumers that also eat producers. Examples are rats, fish, and chickens.


2

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

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makes up over 99% of the mass of the solar system

is a yellow dwarf star

formed 2.6 billion years ago

is composed of hydrogen and helium


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.


3

The ozone layer is in which of Earth's atmospheric layers?

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thermosphere

mesosphere

troposphere

stratosphere


Solution

The stratosphere is just above the troposphere and is stratified in temperature with warmer layers higher and cooler layers closer to Earth. This increase in temperature is a result of absorption of the Sun's radiation by the ozone layer.


4

Elements in the Periodic Table of the Elements are ordered by which of the following?

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number of electron shells

atomic mass

atomic weight

atomic number


Solution

The Periodic Table of the Elements categorizes elements primarily by the number of protons in their nucleus (atomic number) and secondarily by the characteristics they exhibit.


5

Which of the following is not true about simple magnets?

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opposite poles attract each other

all of these are untrue

opposite poles repel each other

same poles repel each other


Solution

Simple magnets have two poles, north and south, and opposite poles attract each other (N attracts S, S attracts N). Likewise, the same pole of two magnets repel (N repels N, S repels S). The Earth has a magnetic field and North and South Poles which enables the use of a magnetic compass to determine direction.