ASVAB General Science Practice Test 804045 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.05
Score 0% 61%

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1

Water coming to a boil on a stove, ice melting, and steam from a cup of coffee are all examples of which of the following? 

66% Answer Correctly

reflection

conduction

radiation

convection


Solution

Convection is the transfer of heat by the circulation or movement of the heated parts of a liquid or gas.


2

A major difference between sound waves and light waves is which of the following?

70% Answer Correctly

a sound wave is mechanical while a light wave is electromagnetic

a sound wave cannot travel through a vacuum

all of these are correct

a sound wave is much slower than a light wave


Solution

A vibrating object produces a sound wave that travels outwardly from the object through a medium (any liquid or solid matter). The vibration disturbs the particles in the surrounding medium, those particles disturb the particules next to them, and so on, as the sound propagates away from the vibration.


3

When the clouds become too saturated with water, the water is released as precipitation in the form of:

29% Answer Correctly

snow

ice

snow or ice

rain


Solution

Rising into the atmosphere, the water condenses into clouds. When the clouds become too saturated with water, the water is released as snow or ice precipitation which may warm as it falls to reach Earth as rain.


4

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

72% Answer Correctly

producers

secondary consumers

decomposers

primary 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


5

In the heart, the __________ artery and vein manage blood flow to the lungs.

69% Answer Correctly

atrial

aorta

capillary

pulmonary


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.