ASVAB General Science Practice Test 742122 Results

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1

The two heart chambers that pump blood called:

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aorta

valves

atria

ventricles


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.


2

Which of the following is not a terrestrial planet?

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Mercury

Venus

Jupiter

Earth


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.


3

An asteroid belt holds many of the asteroids in our solar system. It is located between the orbits of which planets?

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Mars and Jupiter

Jupiter and Saturn

Mars and Earth

Mercury and Venus


Solution

The solar system also contains over a million rocky fragments of at least 1km in diameter called asteroids as well as millions more with smaller diameters. Many of these asteroids are an asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.


4

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

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fat

protein

sugars

starches


Solution

The liver produces bile which emulsifies (separates) fat.


5

In the foood chain, producers 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:

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autotrophs

photosynthesis

chemosynthesis

decomposition


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