ASVAB- GENERAL SCIENCE TEST

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ASVAB- GENERAL SCIENCE (TEST

1) EXAM QUESTIONS

Actual Qs and Ans - Expert-Verified Explanation -Guaranteed passing score -23 Questions and Answers

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Question 1: A BRUISE ON YOUR SKIN IS THE RESULT OF WHAT

Answer:

BROKEN CAPILLARIES

Question 2: THE PROCESS OF EROSION IS LINKED TO THE FORMATION OF WHICH OF THE

FOLLOWING TYPE OF ROCKS

Answer:

IGNEOUS

Question 3: WHAT HAPPENS TO ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION FROM THE SUN WHEN IT

REACHES THE EARTH ATMOSPHERE

Answer:

SOME OF IT ABSORBED BY THE OZONE LAYER

Question 4: NAME FOR THE SPACE BETWEEN TWO NERVE CELLS WHERE AN ELECTRIC

CHARGE TRANSMITS INFORMATION

Answer:

SYNAPSE

Question 5: WHEN TWO TECTONIC PLATES CONVERGE AND ONE RISES ABOVE ANOTHER,

WHICH IS MOST LIKELY TO FORM?

Answer:

RIFTS

Question 6: WHY ARE DECOMPOSERS IMPORTANT TO AN ECOSYSTEM?

Answer:

THEY ENHANCE THE HABITAT WITH SPECIALIZED PARTICLES IMPORTANT TO LIFE

Question 7: WHEN A PREVAILING WIND REACHES A MOUNTAIN RANGE, WHAT HAPPENS TO

THE AIR

Answer:

IT RISES AND COOLS, CAUSING CONDENSATION

Question 8: WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WORDS ARE ALL ASSOCIATED WITH NERVOUS

SYSTEM?

Answer:

HYPOTHALAMUS, PONS, CORTEX

Question 9: WHAT DOES NOT HAVE ORGANELLES?

Answer:

BACTERIA

Question 10: WHEN A PLANT UNDERGOES PHOTOSYNTHESIS, ONE OF THE BY-PRODUCTS IS

Answer:

OXYGEN

Question 11: THE FUNCTION THAT MOVES FOOD FROM ONE PART OF THE DIGESTIVE

SYSTEM TO ANOTHER IS CALLED

Answer:

PERISTALSIS

Question 12: HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR EARTH TO MAKE ONE REVOLUTION AROUND

THE SUN?

Answer:

1 YEAR

Question 13: FOLLOWING STATES IS LIKELY TO HAVE THE GREATEST BIODIVERSITY

Answer:

FLORIDA

Question 14: WHICH PROPERTIES OF A SOUND WAVE AFFECTS HOW LOUD OR SOFT THE

SOUND IS

Answer:

AMPLITUDE

Question 15: WHY IS THE NUCLEUS SO IMPORTANT TO A LIVING CELL?

Answer:

IT CONTROLS MOST THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CELL

Question 16: BREAKING WAVES OR BREAKERS THAT OCCUR NEAR THE SHORELINE ARE

CAUSED BY WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS?

Answer:

FRICTION BETWEEN THE WAVE TROUGH AND THE OCEAN BOTTOM

Question 17: PLANTS BEND TOWARDS A SOURCE OF LIGHT ON ACCOUNT OF

Answer:

PHOTOTROPISM

Question 18: EARTHS GREENHOUSE EFFECT IS CAUSED BY WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING

CONDITIONS

Answer:

HEAT FROM THE SUN THAT IS TRAPPED BY ATMOSPHERIC GRASS

Question 19: WHICH IS THE FOLLOWING IS THE PART OF THE SKELETAL SYSTEM THAT

PROTECTS THE SPINAL CORD

Answer:

VERTEBRRAE

Question 20: UNIVERSE IS EXPANDING BECAUSE

Answer:

THE RED SHIFT IN THE SPECTRA OF STARS

Question 21: WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CAN HOLD THE MOISTURE

Answer:

MOVING AIR

Question 22: THE MAJOR FORCE CAUSING SEA-FLOOR SPREADING, CONTINENTAL DRIFT,

AND THE COLLISION OF CONTINENTAL PLATES IS

Answer:

CONVECTION CURRENTS IN THE MANTLE

Question 23: THE BASIC UNIT OF LIFE IS

Answer:

THE CELL