ASVAB General Science Practice Test 674636 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 2.93
Score 0% 59%

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1

The four planets closest to the Sun are called terrestrial. What does terrestrial mean?

74% Answer Correctly

the planets have water

the planets are Earth-like

the planets have magnetic fields

the planets have moons


Solution

The four planets closest to the Sun (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars) are called terrestrial (Earth-like) planets because, like the Earth, they're solid with inner metal cores covered by rocky surfaces.


2

The Rh factor antigen in blood determines:

57% Answer Correctly

universal donor status

postive or negative

blood type

universal recipient status


Solution

Blood is categorized into four different types (A, B, AB, and O) based on the type of antigens found on the outside of the red blood cells. Additionally, each type can be negative or positive based on whether or not the cells have an antigen called the Rh factor.


3

Blood pressure is generally highest in which of the following?

60% Answer Correctly

heart

capillaries

arteries

veins


Solution

Arteries are thick-walled because they carry oxygenated blood at high pressure, veins are comparatively thin-walled as they carry low-pressure deoxygenated blood.


4

During continental drift, the drifting plates move across which of the following?

50% Answer Correctly

liquid mantle

fault lines

sediment

water


Solution

The crust and the rigid lithosphere (upper mantle) is made up of approximately thirty separate plates. These plates more very slowly on the slightly more liquid mantle (asthenosphere) beneath them. This movement has resulted in continental drift which is the gradual movement of land masses across Earth's surface. Continental drift is a very slow process, occurring over hundreds of millions of years.


5

Cirrus clouds generally occur in what kind of weather?

51% Answer Correctly

stormy

fair

hot

freezing


Solution

Cirrus clouds are thin, wispy high-altitude clouds composed of ice crystals that originate from the freezing of supercooled water droplets. Cirrus clouds generally occur in fair weather and point in the direction of air movement at their elevation.