ASVAB General Science Practice Test 917620 Results

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Questions 5 5
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1

Water freezing or boiling is an example of which of the following?

80% Answer Correctly

sublimation

phase transition

heating

cooling


Solution

A substance undergoes a phase transition when it moves from one state of matter to another, for example, when water freezes or boils.


2

The two heart chambers that collect blood are called:

46% Answer Correctly

ventricles

atria

valves

aorta


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.


3

The rows of the Periodic Table of the Elements are called:

63% Answer Correctly

families

shells

groups

periods


Solution

The rows of the Periodic Table are called periods and contain elements that have the same number of electron shells ordered from lower to higher atomic number. 


4

Carbohydrates are found in:

89% Answer Correctly

vegetable oils

sugars and starches

animal sources

food additives


Solution

Carbohydrates are major sources of energy for the body and are found in sugars (fruit, cane sugar, beets) and starches (bread, rice, potatoes, pasta).


5

Blood pressure is generally highest in which of the following?

61% Answer Correctly

veins

heart

capillaries

arteries


Solution

Arteries are thick-walled because they carry oxygenated blood at high pressure, veins are comparatively thin-walled as they carry low-pressure deoxygenated blood.