ASVAB General Science Practice Test 926385 Results

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Questions 5 5
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1

Examples of secondary consumers include:

52% Answer Correctly

chickens

plankton

grasshoppers

wolves


Solution

Secondary consumers (carnivores) subsist mainly on primary consumers. Omnivores are secondary consumers that also eat producers. Examples are rats, fish, and chickens.


2

The envelope of gases surrounding the planet is called the:

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atmosphere

geosphere

hydrosphere

lithosphere


Solution

The biosphere is the global ecological system integrating all living beings and their relationships. This includes their interactions with the lithosphere (the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle), hydrosphere (all surface water), and atmosphere (the envelope of gases surrounding the planet).


3

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

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Jupiter

Venus

Neptune

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

Which of these is not a component of blood?

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plasma

red blood cells

marrow

white blood cells


Solution

Blood is created in bone marrow and is made up of cells suspended in liquid plasma. Red blood cells carry oxygen, white blood cells fight infection, and platelets are cell fragments that allow blood to clot.


5

Blood is created in:

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the heart

the liver

red blood cells

bone marrow


Solution

Blood is created in bone marrow and is made up of cells suspended in liquid plasma. Red blood cells carry oxygen, white blood cells fight infection, and platelets are cell fragments that allow blood to clot.