Test Format
Vocabulary
Passages
Concepts
Strategies
100
How many passages are there on the Science section?
6 or 7
100
If something is stated ___________ it is stated clearly, in detail and can be found somewhere in the passage.
explicitly
100
On Data Representation passages, look at the _______ first, and use the ________ to help clarify.
pictures
reading
100
Name the 3 scales used to measure temperature.
Fahrenheit, Celsius and Kelvin
100
The general approach to every Science passage should be:
1) Look at figures and tables
2)
3) Answer the questions
Read the passage
200
You have __________ minutes to complete the Science section.
35
200
"How close measurements are to each other."
Does this describe accuracy or precision?
Precision
200
When reading the Research Summaries, try to identify the __________ and __________ variables, and the __________ and ___________ groups in each experiment.
independent and dependent
control and experimental
200
True or False:
Atomic number is the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom and atomic mass is the number of protons and neutrons in the atom.
True
200
Approximately ______% of the necessary information will be in the science passage already, so you will not need too much _______________ to be successful.
90%
background knowledge
300
There are _________ questions on the Science test.
40
300
Verifiable through observation or experimentation.
The opposite of theoretical.
Empirical
300
When reading a Conflicting Viewpoints passage focus on the _______________ and _____________ of each paragraph.
topic sentences and concluding sentences
300
This is the graph of a ________________ relationship.
logarithmic
300
It should take you about _______ seconds to become familiar with a Research Summary passage.
30-40
400
True or False:
The passages are always in the following order: Data Representation, Research Summaries, Conflicting Viewpoints.
False
400
"Correlation is not _________!"
Causation
400
There are typically _____ questions on a Data Representation passage, ________ questions on a Research Summary passage, and ________ questions on a Conflicting Viewpoints passage.
5, 6, 7
400
Complete the order of taxonomic classification:
Kingdom, Phylum, ________, Order, Family, Genus, __________.
Class
Species
400
Name the 4 main strategies for reading the Science passages, as given in the Barron's book.
1) COAST the questions
2) POINT as you go
3) WRITE as you go
4) REMEMBER: questions get harder within a passage
500
There will be ____________ Data Representation passage(s) on the test, _________ Research Summary passage(s), and _______ Conflicting Viewpoint passage(s).
2 or 3
3
1
500
A solution is made up of a solute and a solvent. The ______ is the substance being dissolved and the ______ is doing the dissolving.
solute
solvent
500
Data Representation passages should take between ____ and ____ minutes.
Research Summary passages should take between ____ and ____ minutes.
Conflicting Viewpoints passages should take between ____ and ____ minutes.
4 and 5 minutes
5 and 6 minutes
6 and 8 minutes
500
What are the five steps of the Scientific Method?
1. Statement of purpose
2. Hypothesize
3. Experimental setup
4. Analyze data
5. Conclude
500
Name one Science Time Waster.
Any of the following:
Reading more of the passage than is necessary, not seeing a figure that was right in front of you, overthinking early questions on a passage, rereading questions, doing more questions than you should, doing more passages than you should, double-checking your answers