ASVAB General Science Practice Test 651983 Results

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Questions 5 5
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Score 0% 62%

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1

As part of digestion, the liver produces bile which breaks down:

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starches

protein

fat

sugars


Solution

The liver produces bile which emulsifies (separates) fat.


2

Which of the following is metamorphic rock?

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marble

coal

granite

obsidian


Solution

The Earth's rocks fall into three categories based on how they're formed. Igneous rock (granite, basalt, obsidian) is formed from the hardening of molten rock (lava), sedimentary rock (shale, sandstone, coal) is formed by the gradual despositing and cementing of rock and other debris, and metamorphic rock (marble, slate, quartzite) which is formed when existing rock is altered though pressure, temperature, or chemical processes.


3

Which of the following members of the food chain are most alike?

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primary consumers and omnivores

scavengers and decomposers

herbivores and autotrophs

producers and tertiary consumers


Solution

Like decomposers, scavengers also break down the dead bodies of plants and animals into simple nutrients. The difference is that scavengers operate on much larger refuse and dead animals (carrion). Decomposers then consume the much smaller particles left over by the scavengers.


4

In the heart, blood flows from the __________ ventricle to the lungs then back to the heart via the __________ atrium.

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right, left

left, left

right, right

left, right


Solution

The two largest veins in the body, the venae cavae, pass blood to the right ventricle which pumps the blood to the lungs through the pulmonary artery. Blood picks up oxygen in the lungs and returns it to the left atrium via the pulmonary vein.


5

In the classification of life, which of the following is not a kingdom?

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animals

fungi

bacteria

plants


Solution

Below domain, life is classified into six kingdoms: plants, animals, archaebacteria, eubacteria, and fungi. The last kingdom, protists, include all microscopic organisms that are not bacteria, animals, plants or fungi.  (Archaebacteria and eubacteria are sometimes combined into a single kingdom, monera.)