ASVAB General Science Practice Test 633785 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.08
Score 0% 62%

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1

In the water cycle, infiltration is most closely related to:

41% Answer Correctly

runoff

water table

rivers

oceans
Solution

The water then accumulates as runoff and eventually returns to bodies of water or is absorbed into the Earth (infiltration) and becomes part of the water table, an underground resevoir of fresh water.

2

In the food chain, bacteria and fungi convert the organic matter in the dead bodies of plants and animals into simple nutrients. Bacteria and fungi are:

86% Answer Correctly

producers

primary consumers

decomposers

scavengers
Solution

Decomposers (saprotrophs) are organisms such as bacteria and fungi that break down the organic matter in the dead bodies of plants and animals into simple nutrients.

3

What prevents blood pumped out of the ventricles from flowing back into the heart?

72% Answer Correctly

atria

platelets

capillaries

valves
Solution

The heart is the organ that drives the circulatory system. In humans, it consists of four chambers with two that collect blood called atria and two that pump blood called ventricles. The heart's valves prevent blood pumped out of the ventricles from flowing back into the heart.

4

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

49% Answer Correctly

compound

atom

element

molecule
Solution

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

5

Which of the following represents the largest value?

61% Answer Correctly

1 cL

1 kL

1 mL

1 ML
Solution

Mega (M) is 106, kilo (k) is 103, centi (c) is 10-2, milli (m) is 10-3 so 1 ML represents the largest value.