Drawing Conclusions on the ACT Science
Most questions on the ACT Science Test will ask you to draw some sort of conclusions based on the passage. These are most like “inference” questions from the ACT Reading Test. To do this accurately,...
View ArticleACT Science Practice: Conflicting Viewpoints – Understand Point of View
The key to better scores on the ACT Science Test Conflicting Viewpoints passages is to hunt down each author’s point of view. As you read each passage, look closely for keywords that help you identify...
View ArticleMeasurements on the ACT
Measurements questions on the ACT Science Test involve the numbers and corresponding labels that appear in the graphs and tables of the Science passages. Usually you will be asked to either identify...
View ArticleUnderstanding “Variables” on the ACT
Time management is crucial for great scores on the ACT Science Test. Since you only have about 5 minutes per passage, that’s less than one minute per question. Spend long enough on each passage to...
View ArticleACT Science: Understanding & Comparing Hypotheses on Test Day
You’re likely to see ACT Science questions that ask about the hypotheses on the Research Summaries passages on Test Day, although hypotheses questions can also appear in Data Interpretation and...
View ArticleHow to Analyze Information on the ACT Science and ACT Math Tests
Data Analysis is heavily tested on the ACT Science Test and occasionally on the ACT Math Test, especially for Data Interpretation and Research Summaries questions. You will often be presented with a...
View ArticleACT Science: Chemistry Fundamentals
On your ACT Science Test Day, you will see seven passages on a variety of scientific subjects: biology, chemistry, physics, earth sciences, etc. According to the Official ACT website: “Advanced...
View ArticleRecognizing Patterns on the ACT Science Test
To get a great score on the ACT Science Test, you will need to understand the trends in presented data and be able to predict patterns for these trends as they apply to new situations. On ACT Test Day,...
View ArticleACT Science – 3 Tips to Get Better Scores
The ACT Science Test is a lot easier than you think (after all, it’s basically an open book test)! Even if your knowledge of Science is limited, you can still get better scores through discipline and...
View ArticleACT Science Practice: How to Understand “Weaken Hypothesis” Questions
On the Research Summaries passages on Test Day, you may see questions that ask about the hypotheses each experiment is based on – some will ask you to weaken and some will ask you to strengthen these...
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