ASVAB General Science Practice Test 668285 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.53
Score 0% 71%

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1

What part of the food chain serves only as food for other organisms?

72% Answer Correctly

producers

primary consumers

decomposers

secondary consumers


Solution

Producers (autotrophs) serve as a food source for other organisms. Typical producers are plants that can make their own food through photosynthesis and certain bacteria that are capable of converting inorganic substances into food through chemosynthesis


2

Sound travels fastest through which of the following media?

49% Answer Correctly

water

air

metal

vacuum


Solution

The speed of a sound wave will vary with the medium.  Sound travels fastest through media that has particles that are very close together, like metal. Thus, it travels faster through water than through air and doesn't travel at all through a vacuum (there are no particles in empty space to vibrate).


3

All surface water is part of the:

76% Answer Correctly

atmosphere

geosphere

hydrosphere

lithosphere


Solution

The biosphere is the global ecological system integrating all living beings and their relationships. This includes their interactions with the lithosphere (the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle), hydrosphere (all surface water), and atmosphere (the envelope of gases surrounding the planet).


4

Which of these is not a component of blood?

82% Answer Correctly

white blood cells

plasma

red blood cells

marrow


Solution

Blood is created in bone marrow and is made up of cells suspended in liquid plasma. Red blood cells carry oxygen, white blood cells fight infection, and platelets are cell fragments that allow blood to clot.


5

In the food chain, consumers are classified as which of the following?

73% Answer Correctly

tertiary

secondary

primary

all of these


Solution

Most animals consume other organisms to survive. Consumers (heterotrophs) are divided into three types, primary, secondary, and tertiary, based on their place in the food chain.