ASVAB Exam Questions With Correct
Answers
The diaphragm is a system of muscles that allows ....? - answerBreathing
A convex mirror ... light waves,
A convex lens ... light waves. - answerDiverges
Converges
The state of matter occurring at lower temperatures is the ... state - answerSolid
Wha...
The diaphragm is a system of muscles that allows ....? - answer✔Breathing
A convex mirror ... light waves,
A convex lens ... light waves. - answer✔Diverges
Converges
The state of matter occurring at lower temperatures is the ... state - answer✔Solid
What is the difference bw physical change and chemical change? - answer✔A physical change may alter
the form, size or shape of matter; a chemical change alters its molecules.
Put these in order to describe how blood flows from the heart to the body: body, left atrium, right
atrium, right ventricle, left ventricles, lungs - answer✔Right atrium, right ventricle, lungs, left atrium, left
ventricle, body
An acid gives up _____ charged hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. - answer✔positively
When genetic signals in a cell fail to tell it to stop reproducing, the result may be - answer✔cancer
A type of matter is classified as an element when _____ - answer✔It cannot be separated into different
types of matter by ordinary chemical methods
The speed of light in a vacuum is approximately _____ meters per second - answer✔300 million
What is inertia? - answer✔The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion
What is a vector quantity? - answer✔a quantity defined by both magnitude and direction
What formula is used to calculate velocity - answer✔v = d/t, where v = velocity (a vector quantity), d =
displacement (a vector quantity), and t = time
Which two bodily functions are enhanced by calcium? - answer✔bone growth, muscle function
The Moon affects which activity on Earth? - answer✔tides
The asteroid belt closest to the Earth lies between which two planets? - answer✔Mars and Jupiter
Define biosphere - answer✔The biosphere consists of the layers of Earth (crust, surface, atmosphere)
where life naturally occurs.
Why are the four planets closest to the sun called the terrestrial planets - answer✔The composition of
these planets is similar to that of Earth.
A stationary front produces .. weather - answer✔cloudy and wet
The Earth is approximately _____ years old. - answer✔4.6 billion
What are the five kingdoms of living things? - answer✔Monera (sometimes split into Bacteria and
Archaea), Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia
Put these classifications in order from broadest to narrowest: class, domain, family, genus, kingdom,
species, order, phylum - answer✔Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
Define biome - answer✔A biome is a major life zone of interrelated species bound together by a similar
climate and similar plant and animal life.
The genetic material of a eukaryotic cell is contained in its - answer✔nucleus
Diploids cells have .. times the number of chromosomes as do haploid cell - answer✔Two
How does vaccination (immunization) prevent disease - answer✔it causes the immune system to react
to a deactivated, weakened, or partial pathogen so that the immune system will react to future
exposure to a similar pathogen
What is a zygote? - answer✔fertilized egg
1 kilometer is how many times larger than 1 millimeters - answer✔1,000,000 times larger
Ova are carried from ovaries to the uterus through the _________. - answer✔fallopian tubes
The .. is the major connecting center between the brain and the nerve network - answer✔spinal cord
What is another name for large intestines - answer✔colon
A magnetic compass' .. pole points to the Earth's North Pole - answer✔South
What does a positive or negative sign in a blood type indicate - answer✔Rh factor
The aorta is the largest .. in the body - answer✔artery
The respiratory system enables blood cells to absorb.. and eliminate.. and water vapor - answer✔oxygen
and carbon dioxide
Bananas are a source of which important mineral? - answer✔Potassium
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