ASVAB General Science Practice Test 886509 Results

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1

The two heart chambers that pump blood called:

59% Answer Correctly

valves

aorta

ventricles

atria


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

An electrically charged atom is a(n):

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neutron

electron

proton

ion


Solution

A compound is a substance containing two or more different chemical elements bound together by a chemical bond. In ionic compounds, one atom borrows an electron from another atom resulting in two ions (electrically charged atoms) of opposite polarities that then become bonded electrostatically.


3

Which of the following is not one of the outer planets?

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Jupiter

Neptune

Venus

Uranus


Solution

In contrast to the solid terrestrial planets, the outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) consist of hydrogen and helium gas and water.


4

Changes to an object's speed or direction of motion are caused by which of the following?

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a force

kinetic energy

power

work


Solution

Force is applied to change an object's speed or direction of motion.


5

Which of these is matter than cannot be separated into different types of matter by ordinary chemical methods?

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compound

molecule

atom

element


Solution

An element is matter than cannot be separated into different types of matter by ordinary chemical methods.