ASVAB General Science Practice Test 663250 Results

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Questions 5 5
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1

Which of the following is true about species groups?

46% Answer Correctly

a population is made up of a group of communities

a biome is a made up of a group of biospheres

a community is made up of a group of populations

an ecosystem is a biological population


Solution

population is a group of organisms of the same species who live in the same area at the same time. A community is a group of populations living and interacting with each other in an area.


2

Blood is delivered to bodily tissues through:

48% Answer Correctly

capillaries

arterioles

veins

plasma


Solution

The aorta is the body's largest artery and receives blood from the pulmonary vein via the left ventricle. From there, blood is circulated through the rest of the body through smaller arteries called arterioles that branch out from the heart. Finally, blood is delivered to bodily tissues through capillaries.


3

Vector quantities are fully described by which of the following?

75% Answer Correctly

a magnitude and a direction

a direction and a polarity

a magnitude only

a direction only


Solution

Velocity and displacement are vector quantities which means each is fully described by both a magnitude and a direction.  In contrast, scalar quantities are quantities that are fully described by a magnitude only.  A variable indicating a vector quantity will often be shown with an arrow symbol:  \(\vec{v}\)


4

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

58% Answer Correctly

eukaryota

animalia

archaea

bacteria


Solution

The broadest classification of life splits all organisms into three groups called domains. The three domains of life are bacteria, archaea and eukaryota.


5

Which of the following describes the Earth's outer core?

45% Answer Correctly

makes up most of the Earth's volume

primarily solid

liquid

solid


Solution

The Earth's core is divided into the liquid outer core (1,430 miles or 2,300 km radius) and the solid inner core (745 miles or 1,200 km radius).