ASVAB General Science (GS) Practice Test

1. Salt helps to melt ice because it:

2. Which of the following elements is a not a metal?

3. When did the space shuttle first fly?

4. Approximately what percentage of the average adult human body is composed of water?

5. Which of the following device is used to measure electrical current?

6. Which element is necessary in the formation of rust?

7. What liquid is neither acidic nor basic?

8. 100° C is equal to:

9. At what temperature Celsius does water boil?

10. What does the tilt of the Earth’s rotational axis toward or away from the sun cause?

11. What is the principal gas in the Earth’s atmosphere?

12. Which is not found in a cell?

13. What is the chemical formula of table salt?

14. Air is less dense than water because:

15. In which atmospheric layer is the ozone layer located?

16. What type of symbiotic relationship occurs when one member benefits while the other is harmed?

17. What happens when a liquid becomes gas?

18. Newton’s First Law of Motion, which states that objects in motion continue moving unless influenced by an external force, and objects at rest remain stationary unless influenced by an external force, is also known as the law of:

19. In common terms, H2O is known as:

20. Which of the followings are not considered greenhouse gases?

21. Which of the following is equal to the atomic number of a chemical element?

22. What is the world’s largest fish?

23. In the field of genetics, what term is used to refer to an organism’s appearance?

24. Which is not a part of the human eye?

25. In degrees Celsius, at what point does pure water freeze?