ASVAB General Science Practice Test 809181 Results

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1

When two air masses meet and neither is displaced, what kind of front is present?

75% Answer Correctly

occluded

warm 

cold

stationary


Solution

When two air masses meet and neither is displaced, a stationary front is created. Stationary fronts often cause persistent cloudy wet weather.


2

Examples of primary consumers include:

54% Answer Correctly

rats

all of these

fish

cows


Solution

Primary consumers (herbivores) subsist on producers like plants and fungus.  Examples are grasshoppers, cows, and plankton.


3

Elements in the Periodic Table of the Elements are ordered by which of the following?

75% Answer Correctly

atomic number

atomic weight

atomic mass

number of electron shells


Solution

The Periodic Table of the Elements categorizes elements primarily by the number of protons in their nucleus (atomic number) and secondarily by the characteristics they exhibit.


4

The energy posessed by a thrown baseball is an example of what kind of energy?

79% Answer Correctly

transitional

potential

kinetic

gravitational


Solution

Kinetic energy is the energy posessed by a moving object. Potential energy is stored energy in a stationary object based on its location, position, shape, or state.


5

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

29% Answer Correctly

ice

snow or ice

snow

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.