ASVAB STUDY GUIDE-2019-2020 EXAM QUESTIONS

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ASVAB STUDY GUIDE-2019-2020 EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: Which of these is a biome?

• desert
• cornfield
• hear of bison
• beehive

Answer:

Desert A biome is a large ecological community that includes specific plants and animals, such as a desert.

Question 2: Which organism regulates its body temperature externally?

• lobster
• dolphin
• whale
• pelican

Answer:

Lobster The metabolic rate of crustaceans is too low to regulate their temperature. Crustaceans use behavioral techniques, such as moving to shallow water, to maintain body temperature.

Question 3: The process of organisms with advantageous traits surviving more often and producing more offspring than organisms without these advantageous traits describes which basic mechanism of evolution?

• gene flow
• genetic drift
• mutation
• natural selection

Answer:

Natural selection The mechanism of natural selection is rooted in the idea that there is variation in inherited traits among a population of organisms and that there is differential reproduction as a result.

Question 4: Which factor is an abiotic part of an ecosystem?

• producers
• consumers
• water
• decomposers

Answer:

Water Nonliving things in an ecosystem, like air and water, are abiotic factors.Question 5: The probability of drawing a blue marble from a bag of marbles is 1/20 and the probability of drawing a red marble from the same bag is 7/20. What is the probability of drawing a blue marble or a red marble?

Answer:

The population of a town was 7,250 in 2014 and 7,375 in 2015. What was the percent increase from 2014 to 2015 to the nearest tenth of a percent?

• 1.5%

• 1.6%

• 1.7%

• 1.8%

Question 6: Lynn has 4 test scores in science class. Each test is worth 100 points, and Lynn has an 85% average. If Lynn scored 100% on each of the first 3 tests, what did she score on her 4th test?

• 40%
• 55%
• 60%
• 85%

Answer:

Allison used 2 1/2 cups of flour to make a cake, and 3/4 of a cup of flour to make a pie. If she started with 4 cups of flour, how many cups of flour does she have left?

• 3/4

• 1

• 5/4

• 5/2

Question 7: What is the term for the top layer of the earth's surface?

• exosphere
• lithosphere
• atmosphere
• biosphere

Answer:

Lithosphere The lithosphere is the top layer of the earth's surface.

Question 8: Which organism has cells that contain mitochondria?

• whale
• mushroom
• tulip
• all of the above

Answer:

All of the above Plant, animal, and fungi cells have mitochondria.

Question 9: During what process do producers make sugars and release oxygen?

• digestion
• chloroplast
• decomposition
• photosynthesis

Answer:

Photosynthesis Photosynthesis describes the process by which plants convert the energy of the sun into stored chemical energy (glucose).

Question 10: Which energy source is nonrenewable?

• water
• wind
• coal
• sunlight

Answer:

Coal Coal is nonrenewable because once coal is burned, it cannot be quickly replaced.