ASVAB General Science Practice Test 931838 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.04
Score 0% 61%

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1

The dwarf planet Pluto is located where?

63% Answer Correctly

in the asteroid belt

between the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn

in the Kuiper Belt

outside the solar system


Solution

The Kuiper Belt is similar to the asteroid belt but much larger. Extending beyond the orbit of Neptune, it contains objects composed mostly of frozen methane, ammonia, and water. Most notably, the Kuiper Belt is home to Pluto, a dwarf planet that, until a 2006 reclassification, was considered the ninth planet of the solar system.


2

Work is measured in:

75% Answer Correctly

watts

joules or newton-meters

amps

horsepower


Solution

Work is performed on an object when an applied force causes displacement along the same vector. Measured in joules (J) or newton-meters (Nm), work is calculated by multiplying force times displacement:  \(W = \vec{F}\vec{d}\)


3

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

45% Answer Correctly

primary or tertiary consumers

primary or secondary consumers

secondary or tertiary consumers

secondary consumers or scavengers


Solution

Secondary or tertiary consumers may be omnivores.


4

An asteroid belt holds many of the asteroids in our solar system. It is located between the orbits of which planets?

59% Answer Correctly

Jupiter and Saturn

Mars and Earth

Mercury and Venus

Mars and Jupiter


Solution

The solar system also contains over a million rocky fragments of at least 1km in diameter called asteroids as well as millions more with smaller diameters. Many of these asteroids are an asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.


5

Reproductive haploids are also known as:

62% Answer Correctly

sperm

diploids

gametes

ovum


Solution

Reproductive (haploid) cells known as gametes have half as many (23) pairs of chromosomes as normal (diploid) cells. When the male gamete (sperm) combines with the female gamete (ovum) through meiosis to form a zygote, each gamete supplies half the chromosomes needed to form the normal diploid cells.