ASVAB General Science Pratice

Question 1

Which plant is named after the Greek God who personfied the Sky?

Answer 1

Uranus

Question 2

A animal that eats only meat is called?

Answer 2

A carnivore

Question 3

The chemical process in which electrons are removed from a molecule is called?

Answer 3

Oxidation

Question 4

What is a single unit of quanta called?

Answer 4

Quantum

Question 5

Light waves travel at a rate of about?

Answer 5

186,000 miles per second

Question 6

The largest planet in the solar system is?

Answer 6

Jupiter

Question 7

The intestines are part of the?

Answer 7

Digestive system

Question 8

Joints that hold bones firmly together are called?

Answer 8

Fixed points

Question 9

On the levels listed, the top or broadest level of the classification system for living organisms is called the?

Answer 9

Kingdom

Question 10

Which planet is the brightest object in the sky, aside from the sun and the moon?

Answer 10

Venus

Question 11

The human heart includes

Answer 11

4 chambers

Question 12

White blood cells..

Answer 12

produce antibodies and fight infections

Question 13

A mesaurable amount of protein can be found where?

Answer 13

Apples

Question 14

What is the most abundant element, by mass, in the Earth’s crust? (We breathe it-Earth)

Answer 14

Oxygen

Question 15

Osmosis is? (Omsosis Jones)

Answer 15

A diffusion of water

Question 16

A meter consists of?

Answer 16

100 centimeters

Question 17

One light year is?

Answer 17

The distance traveled by light in one year. (Common sense)

Question 18

Electrons are particles that are…(Chemistry)

Answer 18

Negavtily charged

Question 19

The asteroid belt is located where?

Answer 19

Between Mars and Juipter

Question 20

The atomic number of an atom is determined by? (Chemistry)

Answer 20

The number of protons.

Question 21

The “control center” of a cell is called the? (Common sense)(Biology)

Answer 21

Nucleus

Question 22

How many planets in the solar system have rings? (Common sense)

Answer 22

D: Saturn, Neptune, Juipter, Uranus.

Question 23

The temperature at which a substance’s solid and liquid states exist in equilibrium is its?(Does gas melt?)

Answer 23

Melting point

Question 24

The atmosphere of Mars is composed of what? (Common sense: CO2-can we breathe on Mars?)

Answer 24

Carbon Dioxide

Question 25

Not counting the sun, the closet star to the Earth is what?

Answer 25

Proxima Centauri

Question 26

A ringing bell, placed in a vacuum under a glass bell jar, will? (Common sense)

Answer 26

Sound cannot travel through a vaccum

Question 27

The light year is used to measure the? (Think about light years= distance traveled by light)

Answer 27

Distance

Question 28

Which kind of time does a sundial keep?(A device to tell the time of day)

Answer 28

Solar (the sun is apart of the solar system)

Question 29

Of the following, the best conductor of heat is? (Think about Metro Man's "death" in megamind)("...Drains my power)

Answer 29

Copper

Question 30

Ecology can be best described as the study of? (Think about our High School Ecology club)(Or "Earth Day")

Answer 30

The relationship between the envioroment and living things.

Question 31

When a candle burns, the most prevalent products are?

Answer 31

Wax- in the candle contains carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.

Question 32

Of the following, the one that yeilds the most energy per ounce as a result of normal metabolism. (This builds up foods in your belly)

Answer 32

Fat

Question 33

What is the chemical property of water? (Common sense.)(Boiling noodles-the smoke)

Answer 33

It decomposes into gas.

Question 34

The process of photosyenthesis?(Think about how plants grow)

Answer 34

Light is nessecary for the process to occur

Question 35

To start a fire with the aid of the sun, one should use a? (Common sense)(Think about the reflection from the sun on your glasses)

Answer 35

Magnifying lens

Question 36

The change from daylight to darkness is caused by the? (Common sense)

Answer 36

The rotation of the earth

Question 37

A substance that is readily absorbed through the walls of the stomach is? (You can't sallow acid)

Answer 37

Alcohol

Question 38

The positively charged particle in the nuclues of an atom is an?

Answer 38

Proton

Question 39

Sulfur is mined chiefly for the production of?

Answer 39

Sulfuric Acid

Question 40

To which organism is the Whale most related? (Common sense) (Whales don't eggs and its a mammal)

Answer 40

Horse

Question 41

A beam of parallel rays of light is relfected from a plane (flat) mirror After reflection the rays will be? (Reflected/flat)

Answer 41

Parallel- the rays are all parallel after relfection.

Question 42

Aeration of water will produce?

Answer 42

loss of Mehtane