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Test Taking Strategies
Biology Vocab
Chemistry Vocab
Physics Vocab
Passage Types
100
Ignoring unfamiliar science terms that you don't understand.
What is don't fear vocab?
100
An animal that eats only plants
What is an herbivore?
100
The smallest part of an element that is recognizable as that element
What is an atom?
100
Force unit per area
What is Pressure?
100
3 Types of Passages in the Science portion of the ACT
What is Data Representation, Research Summaries, and Conflicting Viewpoints?
200
Eenie,meenie, minie, mo; christmas treeing; and "C" your way out.
What is guessing?
200
Process in which plants use the sun's energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose
What is photosynthesis?
200
A numerical scale from 1-14 representing the acidity or alkalinity of a solution; 1 is very acidic, 14 is very alkaline, and 7 is neutral
What is pH?
200
The number of cycles per unit time of a repeating phenomenon
What is frequency?
200
Type of passage that would have charts
What is Data Representation?
300
Order all the questions for a passage by how challenging they are.
What is level of difficulty?
300
The lowest-level structure of any living organism that can perform all of the function of life, including reproduction
What is a cell?
300
A substance composed of two or more chemically bonded elements
What is a compound?
300
Electromagnetic radiation with wavelength shorter than Ultraviolet radiation
What is X-Ray
300
Type of passage that contains a written introduction
What is Data Representation?
400
You do NOT need any “science” outside knowledge to answer the questions on the test - all information is provided for you within the context
What is read the passage?
400
Nucleic Acid in the cells of an organism; contains the genes of the organism and transmits these to future generations
What is DNA?
400
the exact amount of substance involved in a given amount of solvent, refers to a solution
What is concentration?
400
Electromagnetic waves whose wavelength is longer than that of visible light
What is Infrared radiation
400
Type of Passage that would be considered as a misplaced reading test
What is Conflicting Viewpoints?
500
Crossing all answers that you know are incorrect.
What is the process of elimination?
500
Close relationship between 2 organisms that is mutually beneficial
What is symbiosis?
500
A variety of an element with the same number of protons per atom but a different number of neutrons
What is an isotope?
500
Electromagnetic waves with wavelength shorter than that of visible light
What is Ultraviolet Radiation
500
Two things you look for when determining a Research Summary Passage
-Read and Understand 2 or 3 experiments -Compare data across experiments