ASVAB TEST STUDY GUIDE |ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS|NEWLY UPDATED EDITION|GRADED A+

Question 1

What is the Kuiper belt?
CORRECT ANSWER

a region of the solar system beginning just beyond the orbit of Neptune that contains many
icy comets




Question 2

What organ produces bile?
CORRECT ANSWER

liver




Question 3

What is the name of the two largest veins in the body
CORRECT ANSWER

vena cavae




Question 4

In the metric system the basic unit of length is the
CORRECT ANSWER

Meter


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,Question 5

What type of star is the sun
CORRECT ANSWER

yellow dwarf




Question 6

When light bends due to passing through a medium, this bending is referred to as
_________
CORRECT ANSWER

Refraction




Question 7

Define capillaries
CORRECT ANSWER

The smallest blood vessels, which deliver oxygenated blood to the body's tissues




Question 8

Identify the value and abbreviation of Deka
CORRECT ANSWER

base times 10, symbolized by da




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,Question 9

The hottest and uppermost layer of Earth's atmosphere is the ________
CORRECT ANSWER

Mantle




Question 10

Define Trachea
CORRECT ANSWER

The windpipe--the passageway from the throat to the lungs




Question 11

which blood type is the universal donor
CORRECT ANSWER

O




Question 12

Above the stratosphere is the
CORRECT ANSWER

Mesosphere




Question 13

What role do ribosomes play in eukaryotic cells?
CORRECT ANSWER


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, Produces protein




Question 14

Variants of genes is known as
CORRECT ANSWER

alleles




Question 15

Our solar system's asteroid belt lies between the orbits of
CORRECT ANSWER

Mars and Jupiter




Question 16

A lunar eclipse occurs when
CORRECT ANSWER

Earth passes between the moon and the sun.




Question 17

What does DNA stand for
CORRECT ANSWER

Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid




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