ASVAB General Science Practice Test 885251 Results

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1

Examples of primary consumers include:

54% Answer Correctly

cows

fish

rats

all of these


Solution

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


2

A person's genotype is their genetic makeup and includes:

82% Answer Correctly

dominant alleles

phenotypes

recessive alleles

both dominant and recessive alleles


Solution

A person's genotype is their genetic makeup and includes both dominant and recessive alleles. Phenotype is how the genes express themselves in physical characteristics.


3

Which of the following is not a method of heat transfer?

67% Answer Correctly

radiation

reflection

conduction

convection


Solution

Heat is always transferred from warmer to cooler environments through conduction, convection, or radiation.


4

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.


5

In the water cycle, infiltration is most closely related to:

41% Answer Correctly

rivers

runoff

water table

oceans


Solution

The water then accumulates as runoff and eventually returns to bodies of water or is absorbed into the Earth (infiltration) and becomes part of the water table, an underground resevoir of fresh water.