ASVAB General Science (GS) Practice Test

1. Salt helps to melt ice because it:

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

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

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

5. What liquid is neither acidic nor basic?

6. What is the world’s largest fish?

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

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

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

10. What happens when a liquid becomes gas?

11. In common terms, H2O is known as:

12. 100° C is equal to:

13. Which is not found in a cell?

14. Air is less dense than water because:

15. At what temperature Celsius does water boil?

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

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

18. What is the chemical formula of table salt?

19. 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:

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

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

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

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

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

25. When did the space shuttle first fly?