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Newton's First Law of Motion states that objects in motion remain in motion unless acted upon by an outside force, and objects at rest stay at rest unless acted upon by an outside force. This statem... ent is also referred to as the law of - ✔✔Inertia Which atmospheric layer contains the ozone layer? - ✔✔Stratosphere Humans can breed plants and animals to have useful traits. By selecting which animals are allowed to reproduce, humans can influence an organism's genotype. What name did Darwin use to describe this process? - ✔✔Artificial selection Which of the following is equal to the atomic number of a chemical element? - ✔✔The numbers of protons Which type of symbiotic relationship takes place when one member of the association benefits while the other is harmed? - ✔✔parasitism In the field of genetics, an organism's appearance is referred to as its: - ✔✔Phenotype The tilt of the Earth's rotational axis toward or away from the sun causes: - ✔✔SeasonsBecause of Earth's axial tilt, different areas of Earth point toward or away from the Sun at different times of the year. In June, the North Pole is tilted toward the Sun and the Northern Hemisphere receives more of the Sun's direct rays. At the same time, the South Pole points away from the Sun, creating winter in the Southern Hemisphere during the months of June, July and August. The Big Bang theory is a model used to explain the: - ✔✔origin of the universe Animals that feed exclusively on plants are called: - ✔✔Primary consumers In an ecological food chain, primary producers are those that photosynthesize and utilize sunlight as their energy source; this trophic level is almost entirely made up of plants. Primary consumers attain their energy from primary producers; cows are primary consumers as they survive solely on grass. Secondary consumers, such as wolves and eagles, feed upon primary consumers, and tertiary consumers, like great white sharks, feed upon primary and secondary consumers. Which of the following biological classifications is the largest and most inclusive? - ✔✔Kingdom The taxonomy ranks run from largest to smallest: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species. A useful mnemonic for remembering this is, 'King Philip Came Over For Great Spaghetti. The energy of an object resulting solely from motion is: - ✔✔kinetic energySara jumped off her row boat into the lake. As she pushed her body forward the boat moved backwards. Which of Newton's laws best describes the motion of Sara and her boat? - ✔✔Newton's third law A sudden intense brightening from a small area of the Sun's surface is called a: - ✔✔solar flare Waves bend when they move around obstructions or pass through narrow openings. This type of bending is called: - ✔✔diffraction What is true of Meiosis? - ✔✔It is used to generate sex cells Two objects on Earth are dropped from the top of a building that is 70 meters high. Object A has a mass of 12 g and object B has a mass of 6 kg. Assuming there is no air resistance, which object will hit the ground first? - ✔✔Both objects will hit the ground at the same time Now moving on to Arithmetic Reasoning Practice Test. - ✔✔ There are 5 blue marbles, 4 red marbles, and 3 yellow marbles in a box. If Jim randomly selects a marble from the box, what is the probability of selecting a red or yellow marble? - ✔✔7-12 If Kayla left a $10.47 tip on a breakfast that cost $87.25, what percentage was the tip? - ✔✔12%A phone company charges $2 for the first five minutes of a phone call and 30 cents per minute thereafter. If Malik makes a phone call that lasts 25 minutes, what will be the total cost of the phone call? - ✔✔$8.00 If 10 inches on a map represents an actual distance of 100 feet, then what actual distance does 25 inches on the map represent? - ✔✔250 feet Five years ago, Amy was three times as old as Mike. If Mike is 10 years old now, how old is Amy? - ✔✔20 At a used book store, Valentina purchased three books for $2.65 each. If she paid with a $20 bill, how much change did she receive? - ✔✔$12.05 Mia earns $8.10 per hour and worked 40 hours. Charlotte earns $10.80 per hour. How many hours would Charlotte need to work to equal Mia's earnings over 40 hours? - ✔✔30 hours Aisha wants to paint the walls of a room. She knows that each can of paint contains one gallon. A half gallon will completely cover a 55 square feet of wall. Each of the four walls of the room is 10 feet high. Two of the walls are 10 feet wide and two of the walls are 15 feet wide. How many 1-gallon buckets of paint does Aisha need to buy in order to fully paint the room? - ✔✔5 There are 4 red marbles and 8 green marbles in a box. If Emma randomly selects a marble from the box, what is the probability of her selecting a red marble? - ✔✔1/3Oscar purchased a new hat that was on sale for $5.06. The original price was $9.20. What percentage discount was the sale price? - ✔✔45% There are two pizza ovens in a restaurant. Oven #1 burns three times as many pizzas as Oven #2. If the restaurant had a total of 12 burnt pizzas on Saturday, how many pizzas did Oven #2 burn? - ✔✔3 Sofía is driving to Texas. She travels at 70 kilometers per hour for 2 hours, and 63 kilometers per hour for 5 hours. Over the 7 hour time period what was Sofía's average speed? - ✔✔65km Stephen signed up to bring 5 gallons of lemonade to the company picnic. He has a 5-gallon bucket which contains 3.5 gallons of lemonade. How many pints of lemonade will he need to add in order to fill the bucket? - ✔✔12 If a car travels 360 kilometers in 5 hours, how many kilometers will it travel in 9 hours when driving at the same speed? - ✔✔648 Maya purchased a boat for $18,340. Its value depreciated by 15% in the first year she owned it. What was her boat worth at the end of this first year? - ✔✔$15,589 The radar system beeps once every second. How many times will it beep in 3 days? - ✔✔259,200 ASVAB Word Knowledge Practice Test - ✔✔The teenager abandoned his job because he found it to be onerous. - ✔✔difficult Disparate most nearly means - ✔✔different She did not condone his insubordination. - ✔✔excuse The new senator was a man of candor. - ✔✔honesty Contrived most nearly means - ✔✔fake I paid a nominal amount of money to join the stamp collecting club. - ✔✔small Clandestine most nearly means - ✔✔covert The fetid liquid soaked through my shoes. - ✔✔putrid Instigate most nearly means - ✔✔to initiate Our relationship was ephemeral. - ✔✔fleetingAbrogate most nearly means - ✔✔repeal The agency's controversial decision was not based on any empirical evidence. - ✔✔observational Deference most nearly means - ✔✔to respect Legitimate most nearly means - ✔✔lawful My speech got little applause from the apathetic audience. - ✔✔emotionless There is camaraderie within the small groups at our church. - ✔✔companionship ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension Practice Test - ✔✔ The metal porch swing virtually sizzled on the old wooden front porch today. But we sat there anyway. Gramma wouldn't hear of anything else. I suggested a walk through the forest, hoping to entertain a breeze or two and to take advantage of the shade. Gramma shook her head. You were supposed to sit on the porch after supper, and that's what we were going to do. - ✔✔Grandma didn't change her routine A lamb's thick winter coat keeps it warm during the cold winter months. When the summer brings sunny days, the sheep doesn't need its thick coat and the sheep's wool is sheared. That wool is made into yarn, further processed, and then transformed into sweaters, socks, pants, skirts, and blankets. - ✔✔So we can use the wool to make clothes.DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid. It has proteins attached to it and exists in the form of chromosomes. DNA in chromosomes contains the information that determines all of the physical characteristics that were inherited from the previous generation. Although some features of DNA differ from species to species, many things about DNA remain the same, regardless of the parent organism. Strawberries, for example, have DNA. - ✔✔Strawberries are organism The Mississippi River is key to New Orleans' flavor and pizzazz. The seafood, the steamboat cruise, the swamp tours, and the history—it's all there. And the jazz? There are those who would swear that the uncanny beat of the music comes from the intrepid rhythm of the Mississippi's waters. - ✔✔the Mississippi River. A story line is comprised of the main plot, a sequence of events involving the primary characters. There are also subplots in which the minor characters carry out their roles. The situations of the main and minor/supporting characters intertwine, thereby creating a realistic plot where people's lives interact, just as they would in real life. - ✔✔Realistic plot and real life In general, most people think of a culture as a set of behaviors belonging to a group sharing common values, history, and traditions. This group may call itself a community, but this does not mean that those in a common culture necessarily live in the same neighborhood, or even nearby. But, it does mean that they share norms for what is expected in their culture. - ✔✔Follow the same standard of social behavior American Sign Language (ASL) is a conceptual language, and the way those concepts are put together is called syntax. In ASL, a statement usually begins with the main idea and then the details follow. Very different from English, ASL syntax is based on what is most important to the person signing. - ✔✔English does not always begin with what it's importantWhile some playwrights are known for writing essays defending their own work or criticizing the work of competing writers, Arthur Miller's essays are simply about theater. While we may discover politics and favoritism when we comb through Miller's essays looking for such things, in doing so, we may risk missing the point of the works—Miller only wants for us to benefit from his years of experience. Even his earliest essays read as virtual how-to manuals for new playwrights and directors. These works ring with clarity and forthrightness, and are filled with thoughtful and often provocative opinions. These essays teach us what the theater is, what it might be, and how to make it so. - ✔✔Millers essay are kit self-serving Although much about dolphin communication remains a mystery, scientists have discovered three distinct sounds that dolphins frequently make: chirps, clicks, and whistles. Scientists have learned that dolphins use clicks to create a sonar map, which allows them to navigate and hunt. But, apart from possibly transmitting location, the clicks do not appear to serve any communication purpose. Rather, research indicates that dolphins communicate with each other by whistling. This discovery has necessitated further investigation, as scientists are not yet sure whether the whistles comprise a complex system of linguistic communication or a simple set of sonic cues, like the ones used by other animal species. - ✔✔prompt questions about the complexity of dolphin communication Although much about dolphin communication remains a mystery, scientists have discovered three distinct sounds that dolphins frequently make: chirps, clicks, and whistles. Scientists have learned that dolphins use clicks to create a sonar map, which allows them to navigate and hunt. But, apart from possibly transmitting location, the clicks do not appear to serve any communication purpose. Rather, research indicates that dolphins communicate with each other by whistling. This discovery has necessitated further investigation, as scientists are not yet sure whether the whistles comprise a complex system of linguistic communication or a simple set of sonic cues, like the ones used by other animal species. - ✔✔Dolphin are not the only animals that communicate vocallyMarvin Freeman's groundbreaking new study of the plays of Henrik Ibsen will alter the course of Ibsen scholarship forever. Previously, scholars limited the areas of their studies to a particular phase of Ibsen's career, since a different scholarly approach seemed to fit each of the phases. Freeman has instead taken on the entirety of Ibsen's work. Happily, this breadth of scholarship does not diminish the depth with which Freeman explores each work. Ibsen's career is now liberated from arbitrary divisions and stands before us as a complete picture. It will be years before we can fully appreciate the service that Freeman has rendered. - ✔✔Freeman's book will have lasting importance ASVAB Mathematics Knowledge Practice Test - ✔✔ Simplify (x^6)(x^5) - ✔✔X^11 3(x + 1) = 5(x − 2) + 7 - ✔✔3 If y = 3ab + 2b3, what is y when a = 1 and b = 2? - ✔✔22 A rectangle is cut in half to create two squares that each has an area of 25. What is the perimeter of the original rectangle? - ✔✔30 44 is 80% of what number? - ✔✔55 26 − 7(3 + 5) ÷ 4 + 2 - ✔✔14 [Show More]

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