ASVAB STUDY GUIDE: GENERAL SCIENCE EXAM

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ASVAB STUDY GUIDE: GENERAL SCIENCE EXAM

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Question 1: Atomic number of carbon?

Answer:

6

Question 2: deci-

Answer:

1/10

Question 3: Atomic number of sodium?

Answer:

11

Question 4: Atomic number of plutonium?

Answer:

94

Question 5: What is the musculoskeletal system?

Answer:

Comprised of the bones, joints, voluntary and involuntary muscles.Supports the body's muscles and organs, allows movement of the body. Also controls involuntary muscles like the heart.

Question 6: Atomic number for gold?

Answer:

79

Question 7: Atomic number of lead?

Answer:

82

Question 8: hecto-

Answer:

100

Question 9: What are stratus clouds?

Answer:

Broad, flat, and low-hanging clouds. If close to the ground they may produce a drizzle.

Question 10: Atomic number of iron?

Answer:

26

Question 11: What is the formula for converting Celsius to Fahrenheit?

Answer:

(9/5)C + 32

Question 12: What is a compound?

Answer:

A product made up of more than two atoms.

Question 13: How is an atomic number determined?

Answer:

Number of protons.

Question 14: Atomic number of uranium?

Answer:

92

Question 15: What are cumulus clouds?

Answer:

White, puffy pillows, often flat-bottomed with round tops.Common during fair weather, when they gather they cause rain.

Question 16: What is photosynthesis?

Answer:

Conversion of carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen (in plants), use of sunlight to create energy.

Question 17: What is the ionosphere?

Answer:

Reflects most radio waves, making it important to communications.

Question 18: What is the mesosphere?

Answer:

Millions of meteors burn up daily in the mesosphere as a result of collisions.

Question 19: What is the Respiratory system?

Answer:

Made of the nose, nasal cavity, trachea, lungs, and blood.Inhales air, uses the oxygen in the air to release energy, and exhales the carbon dioxide that results from this process.

Question 20: Atomic number of mercury?

Answer:

80

Question 21: What is the lowest layer of the atmosphere?

Answer:

Troposphere.

Question 22: what is the length, liquid volume and mass abv. for milli-

Answer:

millimeter milliliter milligram

Question 23: What is the highest layer of the atmosphere?

Answer:

Exosphere

Question 24: What is the circulatory system?

Answer:

Made of the heart, blood, and blood vessels.Deliver oxygenated blood from the heart to the rest of the body and returns blood to the heart to be oxygenated again.

Question 25: What is the formula for converting Fahrenheit to Celsius?

Answer:

5/9 X (F-32)

Question 26: What are cirrus clouds?

Answer:

Thin, wispy, high clouds. Generally indicates rain or snow.

Question 27: What is the formula for converting Celsius into Kelvin?

Answer:

C + 273.15

Question 28: What is phagocytosis?

Answer:

Acquisition of particles of material from outside the cell; its accompanied by surrounding the particles and passing them through the cell membrane.