ASVAB GENERAL SCIENCE STUDY EXAM QUESTIONS

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ASVAB GENERAL SCIENCE STUDY EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: Archaeology

Answer:

Study past human life and culture.

Question 2: Ecology

Answer:

Study all aspects of the environment and how organisms (such as people) interact with it.

Question 3: Mercury

Answer:

80 protons

Question 4: Botany

Answer:

Studies plant life. Includes everything from flowers to the moss on that grows on the north side of trees.

Question 5: Sodium

Answer:

11 protons

Question 6: Hydrogen

Answer:

• protons

Question 7: Iron

Answer:

26 protons

Question 8: Five

Answer:

How many kingdom's are there?

Question 9: Oxygen

Answer:

• protons

Question 10: Order

Answer:

Scientific groupings don't follow hard and fast rules, so when you get to the order of a living thing, there's disagreement about where it belongs. You may find that different scientific organizations group creatures in different orders or families.

Question 11: Kingdom

Answer:

Is the broadest level, so it contains the most kinds of organisms. The relationship between organisms in a kingdom is extremely loose, so members share only a few key characteristics.

Question 12: Paleontology

Answer:

Study prehistoric life; examination of fossils, including those of plants, animals, and other organisms.

Question 13: Geology

Answer:

Study the dynamics and physical history of the Earth; the rocks of which it's composed; and the physical, chemical, and biological changes that the Earth has undergone or is undergoing.

Question 14: Helium

Answer:

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Question 15: Phylum

Answer:

Is the next major taxonomic group. Within the kingdoms, organisms are divided into phyla by general characteristics. Ex: in the Animal Kingdom, animals with backbones (vertebrates) are placed in a separate phylum from animals without backbones.

Question 16: Meteorology

Answer:

Study the weather and attempt to predict it.

Question 17: Carnivores

Answer:

Eat only meat.

Ex: lions, tigers, polar bears, snakes, crocodiles, hawks, and eagles.

Question 18: Uranium

Answer:

92 protons

Question 19: Nitrogen

Answer:

• protons

Question 20: Species

Answer:

A species is the most specific level, so it contains the fewest types of organisms. Organisms of the same species have very similar characteristics.

Question 21: Herbivores

Answer:

Eat only plants.

Ex: cows, moose, giraffes, and elk.

Question 22: Ichthyology

Answer:

Is the branch of zoology (the study of animals) dealing with fish.

Question 23: Carbon

Answer:

• protons

Question 24: Types of Kingdoms

Answer:

Animals, plants, monerans, protists, and fungi.

Question 25: Genealogy

Answer:

Study ancestry and family history.

Question 26: Astronomy

Answer:

Study outer space; they examine the existence, locations, orbits, energy, and compositions of planets and other celestial matter.

Question 27: Plutonium

Answer:

94 protons

Question 28: Genetics

Answer:

Study hereditary,

Question 29: Lead

Answer:

82 protons