ASVAB General Science Practice Test 902315 Results

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1

The Earth's rocks fall into three categories based on how they're formed. Which of the following is formed by the gradual depositing of small rocks?

72% Answer Correctly

metamorphic

granite

sedimentary

igneous


Solution

The Earth's rocks fall into three categories based on how they're formed. Igneous rock (granite, basalt, obsidian) is formed from the hardening of molten rock (lava), sedimentary rock (shale, sandstone, coal) is formed by the gradual despositing and cementing of rock and other debris, and metamorphic rock (marble, slate, quartzite) which is formed when existing rock is altered though pressure, temperature, or chemical processes.


2

Vector quantities are fully described by which of the following?

75% Answer Correctly

a direction and a polarity

a magnitude only

a magnitude and a direction

a direction only


Solution

Velocity and displacement are vector quantities which means each is fully described by both a magnitude and a direction.  In contrast, scalar quantities are quantities that are fully described by a magnitude only.  A variable indicating a vector quantity will often be shown with an arrow symbol:  \(\vec{v}\)


3

The two heart chambers that collect blood are called:

46% Answer Correctly

ventricles

valves

aorta

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.


4

During digestion, after proteins are broken down where does the undigested food go next?

53% Answer Correctly

esophagus

stomach

large intestine

small intestine


Solution

Food is mixed with gastric acid and pepsin in the stomach to help break down protein.


5

In the classification of life, which of the following is not a kingdom?

63% Answer Correctly

plants

bacteria

fungi

animals


Solution

Below domain, life is classified into six kingdoms: plants, animals, archaebacteria, eubacteria, and fungi. The last kingdom, protists, include all microscopic organisms that are not bacteria, animals, plants or fungi.  (Archaebacteria and eubacteria are sometimes combined into a single kingdom, monera.)