A Work of Chart
According to figure 100 in your classwork packet, this is the year in which Product A and Product B cost the same to manufacture.
What is 2002?
Scientific writing is structured according to this two-word term for the process used by scientists in their work.
What is the scientific method?
You have this long to complete the reading sub-section of the PSAT.
What are 60 minutes?
"Understanding how hibernators, including ground squirrels, marmots and bears, survive their long winter's naps may one day offer solutions for problems such as heart disease, osteoporosis, and muscular dystrophy."
According to the excerpt above, it is reasonable to conclude the main goal of the scientist conducting the research described in the passage is to do this:
A. Learn how the hibernation patterns of bears and squirrels differ
B. Determine the role that fat plays in hibernation
C. Illustrate the important health benefits of exercize for humans
D. Explore possible ways to prevent human diseases
What is D?
This is the number of main sections on the PSAT.
What is 2?
According to Figure 200, by 2030 this continent is projected to show the largest increase in its urban population since 1950.
What is Latin America?
This is the fifth and final item you should annotate in the science passage of the PSAT.
What is/are the conclusion/conclusions?
Assuming you divide the total time to complete the reading subsection of the PSAT evenly among all 5 passages, this is approximately how long you should spend on each one.
What are 12 minutes?
This is the main effect the following quotations most likely have on the tone of the passage:
"'Fat is where it's at for a hibernator,' says Matthew Andrews, a molecular biologist at the University of Minnesota Duluth who studies 13-lined ground squirrels. 'You bring your own lunch with you.' Packing lunch is necessary because the animals go on the world's strictest diet during the winter, surviving entirely off their white fat. 'They have their last supper in October; they don't eat again until March' Andrews says."
A. They create a bleak tone
B. They create a conversational tone
C. They create an ominous tone
D. They create an absurd tone
What is B?
This section, often abbreviated EBRW, includes two subsections: one for reading, and one for writing.
What is evidence-based reading and writing?
This conclusion about potted plants can be drawn from Figure 300.
What is plant growth decreases as the number of plants in a pot increases?
What is plant growth increases over time?
Before reading the passage, be sure to check out this often overlooked bit of text and jot a prediction next to it.
What is the blurb?
Whether you're left handed or right handed doesn't matter, you should spend this many minutes answering the multiple choice questions for each passage.
What is 5?
"Bigger fat stores mean a greater chance of surviving until spring."
As used in the sentence above, the word stores most nearly means this:
A. Preservatives
B. Reserves
C. Stacks
D. Shelters
What is B?
This is the total duration of the PSAT.
What are 165 minutes?
These two employees' combined count of orders is still less than Fuller's.
Who are Buchanan and Dodsworth?
Don't let the statement fool you. In annotations, the following excerpt should be labeled as this part of the scientific method:
"Understanding how hibernators, including ground squirrels, marmots and bears, survive their long winter's naps may one day offer solutions for problems such as heart disease, osteoporosis, and muscular dystrophy."
What is a research question?
It may not feel like heaven, but you should spend this many minutes reading and annotating each passage of the reading subsection of the PSAT.
What is 7?
"Recent analyses revealed that Scandinavian brown bears spend the summer with plasma cholesterol levels considered high for humans; those values then increase substantially for hibernation, Fröbert and his colleagues reported. These "very, very fat" bears with high cholesterol also get zero exercise during hibernation. Lolling about in the den pinches off blood vessels, contributing to sluggish circulation. 'That cocktail would not be advisable for humans,' Fröbert says. It's a recipe for hardened arteries, putting people at risk for heart attacks and strokes....
"It is not yet clear how the bears keep their arteries flexible, but Fröbert hopes to find some protective molecule that could stave off hardened arteries in humans as well."
Based on the excerpt above, this is Fröbert's hypothesis regarding why bears' arteries do not harden during hibernation:
A. The bears' increased plasma cholesterol causes the arteries to be more flexible
B. Sluggish circulation pinches off the blood vessels rather than hardening the arteries
C. Bears exercise in short, infrequent bursts during hibernation, which staves off hardened arteries
D. Bears possess a molecule that protects against hardened arteries
What is D?
This is the total number of points you will lose per incorrect answer on the PSAT.
What is 0?
If plotted on a graph, the data in Figure 500 would create this "noisy" shape.
What is a bell curve?
Of the two excerpts below, it's the one that should be labeled results in anotations:
"Recent analyses revealed that Scandinavian brown bears spend the summer with plasma cholesterol levels considered high for humans; those values then increase substantially for hibernation, Fröbert and his colleagues reported."
"'That cocktail would not be advisable for humans,' Fröbert says. It's a recipe for hardened arteries, putting people at risk for heart attacks and strokes."
What is the first excerpt?
Within the total time allotted for the reading subsection of the EBRW section of the PSAT, you must read 5 passages and answer this many multiple choice questions.
What is 47?
This sentence in the passage below best conveys Fröbert's hypothesis as to why bears' arteries do not harden during hibernation:
"Recent analyses revealed that Scandinavian brown bears spend the summer with plasma cholesterol levels considered high for humans; those values then increase substantially for hibernation, Fröbert and his colleagues reported. These "very, very fat" bears with high cholesterol also get zero exercise during hibernation. Lolling about in the den pinches off blood vessels, contributing to sluggish circulation. 'That cocktail would not be advisable for humans,' Fröbert says. It's a recipe for hardened arteries, putting people at risk for heart attacks and strokes....
"It is not yet clear how the bears keep their arteries flexible, but Fröbert hopes to find some protective molecule that could stave off hardened arteries in humans as well."
What is "It is not yet clear how the bears keep their arteries flexible, but Fröbert hopes to find some protective molecule that could stave off hardened arteries in humans as well?"
When guessing the answers to a math question on the PSAT, begin by checking these two answer choices.
What are B and C?