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ASVAB General Science Practice Test

In geology, what type of rock is formed by the compacting of small rock, mineral, and/or organic particles?
Catastrophic

Sedimentary

Metamorphic

Transformative

Which of the following is not one of the kingdoms of organisms recognized by biolgists?
Plantae

Phylum

Fungi

Protista

The small intestine is a part of what bodily system?

Nervous system

Digestive system

Respiratory system

Reproductive system

Which of the following planets are gaseous?

Venus

Saturn

Mercury

Earth

Which biome is characterized by cold temperatures and an abundance of evergreen trees?

Rainforest

Taiga

Tundra

Savanna

Solutions

In geology, what type of rock is formed by the compacting of small rock, mineral, and/or organic particles?
Catastrophic

Sedimentary

Metamorphic

Transformative

SOLUTION
Igneous rock is formed by cooling lava, sedimentary rock is formed by the compacting of small rock, mineral, and/or organic particles, and metamorphic rock is formed by extreme heat, preessure, or chemical action on existing rock.

Which of the following is not one of the kingdoms of organisms recognized by biolgists?
Plantae

Phylum

Fungi

Protista

SOLUTION
Phylum is a classification of organisms and not one of the kingdoms of organisms. Among the kingdoms of organisms, monera are single cell organisms without a nucleus, protista are single cell organisms with a nucleus, fungi are multicell organisms that eat by external digestion, plantae are multicell organisms that make their own food through photosynthesis, and animalia are multicell organisms that eat meat, plants, or both.

The small intestine is a part of what bodily system?

Nervous system

Digestive system

Respiratory system

Reproductive system

SOLUTION
The digestive system is made up of organs that break down food into nutrients. The small intestine performs this function with food after it leaves the stomach.

Which of the following planets are gaseous?

Venus

Saturn

Mercury

Earth

SOLUTION
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are the four planets in our solar system that are gaseous. The remaining planets are made of rock.

Which biome is characterized by cold temperatures and an abundance of evergreen trees?

Rainforest

Taiga

Tundra

Savanna

SOLUTION
Taiga is the Russian word for forest and is the largest biome in the world. Existing just below the Tundra biome in the Northern Hemisphere, it's characterized by cold and lonely expanses of boreal forest filled with evergreen trees.

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