ASVAB EXAM
,1. What is the Kuiper belt?: a region of the solar system beginning just beyond the orbit
of Neptune that contains many icy comets
2. What organ produces bile?: liver
3. What is the name of the two largest veins in the body: vena cavae
4. In the metric system the basic unit of length is the: Meter
5. What type of star is the sun: yellow dwarf
6. When light bends due to passing through a medium, this bending is referred to as
_________: Refraction
7. Define capillaries: The smallest blood vessels, which deliver oxygenated blood to the
body's tissues
8. Identify the value and abbreviation of Deka: base times 10, symbolized by da
9. The hottest and uppermost layer of Earth's atmosphere is the ________: Mantle
10. Define Trachea: The windpipe--the passageway from the throat to the lungs
11. which blood type is the universal donor: O
12. Above the stratosphere is the: Mesosphere
13. What role do ribosomes play in eukaryotic cells?: Produces protein
14. Variants of genes is known as: alleles
15. Our solar system's asteroid belt lies between the orbits of: Mars and Jupiter
16. A lunar eclipse occurs when: Earth passes between the moon and the sun.
17. What does DNA stand for: Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
18. Absolute zero expressed in Degrees celsius is: -273 C
, 19. Define atomic mass: Number of protons and neutrons
20. Define the abbreviation of Hecto: Base x 100
21. Scurvy is the lack of what nutrient?: Vitamin C
22. Liquids are effective at transmitting force because they are difficult to: -
Compress
23. What does torque measure: how much a force is able to cause an object to rotate
24. Torque is directly proportional to _____ and _____.: force and distance
25. What is the advantage of a pulley: it enables someone to lift with a downward force
26. How is gear ratio determined?: Larger gear teeth number with smaller gear
27. Is strep throat caused by a bacterium or a virus: bacteria
28. Small objects that enter the earth's surface and burn up creating a visible bright
streak in a night sky is called: meteors
29. Can light travel through a vacuum?: Yes
30. A recessive trait is displayed in an organism only if: If both alleles have the
recessive trait
31 When light reflects off a surface, the angle of __________ is equal to the angle
of ______________: Incidence, reflection
32. ______ rock is formed when mineral deposits, such as those carried by a river,
harden over time: Sedimentary
33. In a third class lever, where is the fulcrum and where is the force applied: The
fulcrum is positioned near one end of the lever, and an upward force is applied to the
middle of the lever.
,1. What is the Kuiper belt?: a region of the solar system beginning just beyond the orbit
of Neptune that contains many icy comets
2. What organ produces bile?: liver
3. What is the name of the two largest veins in the body: vena cavae
4. In the metric system the basic unit of length is the: Meter
5. What type of star is the sun: yellow dwarf
6. When light bends due to passing through a medium, this bending is referred to as
_________: Refraction
7. Define capillaries: The smallest blood vessels, which deliver oxygenated blood to the
body's tissues
8. Identify the value and abbreviation of Deka: base times 10, symbolized by da
9. The hottest and uppermost layer of Earth's atmosphere is the ________: Mantle
10. Define Trachea: The windpipe--the passageway from the throat to the lungs
11. which blood type is the universal donor: O
12. Above the stratosphere is the: Mesosphere
13. What role do ribosomes play in eukaryotic cells?: Produces protein
14. Variants of genes is known as: alleles
15. Our solar system's asteroid belt lies between the orbits of: Mars and Jupiter
16. A lunar eclipse occurs when: Earth passes between the moon and the sun.
17. What does DNA stand for: Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
18. Absolute zero expressed in Degrees celsius is: -273 C
, 19. Define atomic mass: Number of protons and neutrons
20. Define the abbreviation of Hecto: Base x 100
21. Scurvy is the lack of what nutrient?: Vitamin C
22. Liquids are effective at transmitting force because they are difficult to: -
Compress
23. What does torque measure: how much a force is able to cause an object to rotate
24. Torque is directly proportional to _____ and _____.: force and distance
25. What is the advantage of a pulley: it enables someone to lift with a downward force
26. How is gear ratio determined?: Larger gear teeth number with smaller gear
27. Is strep throat caused by a bacterium or a virus: bacteria
28. Small objects that enter the earth's surface and burn up creating a visible bright
streak in a night sky is called: meteors
29. Can light travel through a vacuum?: Yes
30. A recessive trait is displayed in an organism only if: If both alleles have the
recessive trait
31 When light reflects off a surface, the angle of __________ is equal to the angle
of ______________: Incidence, reflection
32. ______ rock is formed when mineral deposits, such as those carried by a river,
harden over time: Sedimentary
33. In a third class lever, where is the fulcrum and where is the force applied: The
fulcrum is positioned near one end of the lever, and an upward force is applied to the
middle of the lever.
