Data Representation, Research Summaries, or Conflicting Viewpoints
General ACT Tips
Frequently Used Words
100
What are the two main components of the Science Reasoning Test?
PASSAGES and QUESTIONS
100
What is the best way to get correct answers on this portion of the test?
Understand the passage!
100
Read the passage, but don't spend all your time on it. The CHARTS are the main focus of the questions in this section.
Data Representation
100
True or False: Answer ALL questions on the ACT, even if you have to guess.
True. You are much better off guessing than leaving an answer blank because there is no penalty for wrong answers on the ACT.
100
COMPARE
Show how things are the same
200
How much time do you have to read 7 passages and answer 40 questions?
35 minutes
200
Name one of the two ways to overcome confusion about scientific jargon.
Break it Down, Take Practice Tests
200
You will have to read and understand 2 or 3 experiments and their results. The questions in this section will ask you to compare data across the experiments.
Research Summaries
200
How long is too long to spend on any one question on the ACT?
A minute and a half. If you have spent that long on one question and still don't have an answer, move on.
200
INFER
think beyond the information given in a text and make links with 'unstated' ideas or information
300
Name 2 of the 3 types of passages on the Science Reasoning Test
Data Representation, Research Summaries, Conflicting Viewpoints
300
Name 1 of the 2 strategies mentioned that might help you absorb information as you are reading the passages.
Take notes, Talk to yourself
300
You should approach this passage the same way you would approach a Reading Test passage.
Conflicting Viewpoints
300
True or False: If a question looks complicated, it probably is. Don't even waste time skimming the material.
False. Some complicated questions ARE complicated, but many just LOOK complicated.
300
CONVEY
to make something known; to pass on information
400
Why is it important to memorize the instructions to the Science Reasoning Test?
Because time is valuable on the ACT and knowing the instructions in advance will save you time.
400
When it's time to answer the questions in the passage, it's important to try to answer questions in your own words. Why?
So you can avoid being tricked by those tricky ALMOST correct (but not BEST) answers.
400
The types of questions you will answer in this category are unlike in the other 2 categories. The types of questions you will answer are Detail, Inference, and Comparison.
Conflicting Viewpoints
400
When you are unsure of how to answer a question, you may want to use the _______________ method, where you look at the answer choices and get rid of wrong answers until there is only one answer left.
elimination
400
IDENTIFY
to give the name or identifying characteristics of something
500
True or False: You'll probably need a calculator to answer some of the questions on this portion of the test (but you won't have access to one)
False: You will not need a calculator to answer any of the questions on this portion of the test.
500
Why should you be able to answer the first questions after a passage easier than the last questions? (MOST OF THE TIME)
Because questions are ordered by increasing difficulty within each passage.
500
These tend to be the most straightforward, least complicated passages on the Science Reasoning Test.
Data Representation
500
____________ guessing means you work to eliminate answers, always getting rid of two choices for each question. You then guesses between the remaining choices and have a 50 percent chance of getting the correct answer.