ASVAB General Science Practice Test 906617 Results

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Questions 5 5
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1

A dominant trait will be expressed when paired with:

75% Answer Correctly

a gene

a recessive trait

a dominant trait

a chromosome


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.


2

In the food chain, omnivores may be which of the following?

45% Answer Correctly

secondary consumers or scavengers

primary or secondary consumers

primary or tertiary consumers

secondary or tertiary consumers


Solution

Secondary or tertiary consumers may be omnivores.


3

Tough fibrous cords of connective tissue that connect muscles to the skeleton are called:

71% Answer Correctly

vertebra

ligaments

tendons

cartilage


Solution

Tough fibrous cords of connective tissue called tendons connect muscles to the skeleton while another type of connective tissue called ligaments connect bones to other bones at joints (elbow, knee, fingers, spinal column).


4

In the heart, blood flows from the right __________ to the lungs then back to the heart via the left __________.

55% Answer Correctly

ventricle, atrium

ventricle, ventricle

atrium, ventricle

atrium, atrium


Solution

The two largest veins in the body, the venae cavae, pass blood to the right ventricle which pumps the blood to the lungs through the pulmonary artery. Blood picks up oxygen in the lungs and returns it to the left atrium via the pulmonary vein.


5

A subatomic particle that orbits the nucleus of an atom. It carries a negative electric charge. This desribes which of the following?

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proton

electron

isotope

neutron


Solution

An electron is a subatomic particle that orbits the nucleus of an atom. It carries a negative electric charge. Generally, an atom has the same number of negative electrons orbiting the nucleus as it does positive protons inside.