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Asvab Science Flashcards

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An animal that only eats meat

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Carnivore

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Which planet is named after the Greek God who personified the sky?

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Uranus

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

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Oxidation

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3
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Light waves travel at a rate of about

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186,000 miles per second

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4
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The largest planet in the solar system

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Jupiter

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The intestines are part of the

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Digestive system

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Joints that hold bones firmly together are called

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Fixed joints

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Of the levels listed, the top or broadest level or the classification system for living organisms is called the

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Kingdom

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

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Venus

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9
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The human heart includes

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4 chambers

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10
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White blood cells

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Produce antibodies, carry oxygen and carbon dioxide

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A measurable amount of protein can be found in all of the following foods except

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Apples

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What’s the most abundant element, by mass, in the earths crust ?

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Oxygen

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13
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Osmosis

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Diffusion of water

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14
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A Meter consist of

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100 centimeters

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15
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One light year is

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The distance traveled by light in one year

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16
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Electrons are particles that are

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Negatively charged

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17
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The Astroid belt is located

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Between Mars and Jupiter

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18
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The atomic number of an atom is determined by

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Number of protons

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19
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The control center of a cell is called the

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Nucleus

20
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How many planets have rings

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Four

21
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The temperature at which a substances solid and liquid states exist in equilibrium is its

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Melting point

22
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The atmosphere of Mars is composed mostly of

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Carbon dioxide

23
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Not counting the sun, the closet star to earth is

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Proxima Centauri

24
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What is the change in the body form that an insect undergoes from birth to maturity?

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Metamorphosis

25
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An earthquake that measures 4 on a Richter scale would be how many times stronger than an earthquake that measure 2?

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100 times stronger

26
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Muscles attach to bone with

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Tendons

27
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The male part of a flower is called

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The stamen

28
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Blood leaving the lung is

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Oxygenated

29
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Which is the longest river

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Nile

30
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The branch of science that studies matter and energy is called

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Physics

31
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Which type of clouds name come from the Latin word meaning rain ?

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Nimbus

32
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Deoxyribonucleic acid is

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DNA

33
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The instrument used to measure wind speed is

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Anemometer

34
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Electric charges can be

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Positive or negative

35
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Which planet in the solar system has the most moons

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Jupiter

36
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The law of gravitation was discovered by

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Isaac Newton

37
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Which US space program is responsible for putting 12 men on the moon?

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Apollo

38
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Animals that eat both plants and animals are called

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Omnivores

39
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Unlike most other fish, Sharks have no

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Bones

40
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What human organ is responsible for detoxification of red blood cells

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Liver

41
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Kinetic energy is the energy that

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Is possessed by a moving object

42
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The terrestrial planets consist of

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Mercury , Venus , earth , Mars

43
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A step up transformer

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Increases the voltage in a power line

44
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Which animal has the heaviest Brain ?

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Sperm whale

45
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The sun is what type of star?

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G type

46
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Molecules are created when

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Atoms combine together

47
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An example of an embryonic plant would be a

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Seed

48
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The vernal equinox is

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The first day of spring

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