ASVAB General Science Practice Test 955 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.02
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1

Herbivores are __________ that subsist on producers like plants and fungus.

72% Answer Correctly

secondary consumers

scavengers

tertiary consumers

primary consumers


Solution

Primary consumers (herbivores) subsist on producers like plants and fungus.  Examples are grasshoppers, cows, and plankton.


2

The crust and lithosphere of the Earth is made up of which of the following?

58% Answer Correctly

continents

sedimentary rock

plates

metamorphic rock


Solution

The crust and the rigid lithosphere (upper mantle) is made up approximately thirty separate plates. These plates more very slowly on the slightly more liquid mantle (asthenosphere) beneath them. This movement has resulted in continental drift which is the gradual movement of land masses across Earth's surface. Continental drift is a very slow process, occurring over hundreds of millions of years.


3

Meteoroids, meteors and meteorites are categorized based on which of the following?

45% Answer Correctly

their size

their density

their location

their temperature


Solution

Smaller rocks shed by asteroids and comets are called meteoroids. When these rocks reach Earth's atmosphere, they burn up in the mesosphere and become meteors. If a meteor manages to reach the Earth, it is called a meteorite.


4

The __________ is a system of muscles that allows breathing.

75% Answer Correctly

diaphragm

pulmonary

bronchioles

trachea


Solution

The diaphragm is a system of muscles that allows breathing. During inhalation, the diaphragm expands and air rushes in to fill the space created. Then, during exhalation, the diaphragm contracts and forces the air back out.


5

An electrically charged atom is a(n):

49% Answer Correctly

proton

neutron

ion

electron


Solution

A compound is a substance containing two or more different chemical elements bound together by a chemical bond. In ionic compounds, one atom borrows an electron from another atom resulting in two ions (electrically charged atoms) of opposite polarities that then become bonded electrostatically.