ASVAB General Science Practice Test 88303 Results

Your Results Global Average
Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.60
Score 0% 72%

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1

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

75% Answer Correctly

warm 

occluded

stationary

cold


Solution

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


2

Regulation of heart rhythm occurs in:

61% Answer Correctly

medulla

cerebrum

nerves

cerebellum


Solution

Part of the brainstem, the medulla is the connection between the brain and the spinal cord. It controls involuntary actions like breathing, swallowing, and heartbeat.


3

Which of the following represents the largest value?

61% Answer Correctly

1 kL

1 ML

1 mL

1 cL


Solution

Mega (M) is 106, kilo (k) is 103, centi (c) is 10-2, milli (m) is 10-3 so 1 ML represents the largest value.


4

Traits represented by genes may be which of the following?

82% Answer Correctly

all of these

dominant

expressed

recessive


Solution

The traits represented by genes are inherited independently of each other  (one from the male and one from the female gamete) and a trait can be dominant or recessive.  A dominant trait will be expressed when paired with a recessive trait while two copies of a recessive trait (one from each parent) must be present for the recessive trait to be expressed.


5

Which of the following describes the Earth's mantle?

81% Answer Correctly

dense

hot

all of these

makes up most of Earth's volume


Solution

Mantle makes up 84% of the Earth's volume and has an average thickness of approximately 1,800 miles (2,900 km). It is dense, hot, and primarily solid although in places it behaves more like a viscous fluid as the plates of the upper mantle and crust gradually "float" along its circumference.