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ASVAB General Science Exam Questions and Answers 2024/2025( A+ GRADED 100% VERIFIED).
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ASVAB General ScienceGeology - ANS science that deals with the history and composition of the earth
and its life
crust - ANS outermost layer of the earth
mantle - ANS beneath the crust,
core - ANS center of the earth
plates - ANS rigid upper part of the mantle
fault lines - ANS places where the plates slide relative to each other
richter scale - ANS measures intensity of an earthquake
igneous rocks - ANS granite, pumice, basalt, obsidian
sedimentary - ANS shale, sandstone, gypsum, dolomite, coal
metamorphic - ANS marble, slate, gneiss, quartzite
most fossils are found in - ANS sedimentary rock
How old is the earth? - ANS 4.6 billion years old
First life appeared on earth? - ANS 3.5 billion years ago
Meteorology - ANS study of weather, atmosphere, and atmospheric phenomena
troposphere - ANS where weather takes place
stratosphere - ANS where the ozone layer is
mesosphere - ANS were falling stars are
, thermosphere - ANS temperatures increase as high as 2000 C
warm front - ANS warm air mass overtakes a cold air mass
cold front - ANS cold air mass overtakes a warm air mass
stationary front - ANS two air masses meet and neither is displaced
stratus - ANS low-hanging, broad, flat clouds that blanket the sky
cumulus - ANS massive clouds that are puffy
cirrus - ANS thin, wispy clouds that occur higher in the atmosphere
sun - ANS classified as a G2V star or yellow dwarf
planets closest to sun - ANS mercury, venus, earth, and mars
terrestrial planets - ANS four planets closest to sun
outer planets - ANS jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune
Which planets have rings? - ANS jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune
asteroids - ANS meteoroids, small bodies in the solar system, when they fall into
the earth's gravitational field they are seen as falling stars
comets - ANS mixture of ice and dust
why do we have tides - ANS because of the gravitational pull that exists between
the moon and earth
when do tides occur - ANS twice a day, when the moon is at the points closest to
and farthest from the affected mass of water
meter - ANS slightly more than three feet (39.4in)
kilometer - ANS 1000 meters
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