SCIENCE ACT® TIP SHEET
• ; trying to do so will only slow you down.
• Never attempt to analyze anything on the Science ACT® because
• Always
• and never second guess yourself.
• “Zero,” “All of the Above,” “Cannot Be Determined,” and “None of the Above” are all plausible answers.
Fair Game - can be chosen
• You need to slow down and take the time to understand how to
approach the passages and apply our strategies to get the questions right before you know how to get them
right within the time limit.
• to complete that passage.
• Spend .
• There will always be one containing 7 questions. because it’s
the only passage you will approach differently.
• This is the only passage that has multiple students, scientists, or hypotheses presenting
and the passage while .
When you read the problems, .
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• involves working with tables and figures. and to
reduce overthinking.
• These consist of two 6-question passages and three 7-question passages.
• The majority of problems in these passages directly refer to the data in with few
(if any) problems referring to the paragraphs in the passages.
. Focus on the independent and dependent
variables (x -axis and y -axis variables), keys, scales, and consistent numbering sequences. Use +/- to mark
trends in tables.
Mark the number of the table/figure/study associated with each question in the
margin next to the question. Do problems involving the same table, figure, study, etc. back-to-back.
• in a passage.
in all problems and circle adjectives.
• to make sure you go from the correct starting point to
the correct ending point.
Whenever you have two sets of choices among four possible answers (yes/no,
more/less, greater/smaller, etc.), you should approach the questions this way:
• Underline the words or numbers that are different between the remaining choices.
• When in doubt, focus on the accuracy of the whole answer choice.
• This strategy can cover up to 50% of the test.
Don’t focus on context.
• If necessary, skim for information about the keywords in the question that isn’t clearly stated in a
figure/table. Underline any relevant information that you find.
Always look to cross out choices.
Improve your chances however you can.
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SCIENCE ACT® VOCABULARY
• : a variable that is set by the researcher and isn’t changed by the other variables you are
trying to measure. It can be found on the left side of a table and the x -axis in a figure or graph.
• : a variable that depends on other factors (most likely the independent variable) and is a
direct result of experimentation due to the independent variable. It can be found on the far-right side of a table
and the y -axis in a figure or graph.
• or : the in an experiment or study by
the researchers and is then used as a benchmark to measure how the other test subjects do.
• : as one amount increases, the other amount increases (or vice versa).
• : as one amount increases, the other amount decreases (or vice versa).
• a charged subatomic particle.
• a charged subatomic particle.
• a subatomic particle .
• An atom with a net electric charge due .
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• a substance with a pH lower than 7 (lower letter in the alphabet = lower pH than 7.0)
• a substance with a pH higher than 7 (higher letter in the alphabet = higher pH than 7.0)
• a substance with a pH = 7.0
• how much substance an object has. •
• Solid > Liquid > Gas • Freezes at 0°C
• A golf ball is more dense than a ping pong ball. • Boils at 100°C
•
• 1 km = 1,000 m KHDWDCM
• 1 m = 1,000 mm
• These conversions will be used with other units like
• : How often a wave occurs.
• : The length of a wave.
• Frequency and Wavelength are .
• : Stored energy that gets converted to kinetic energy.
• : The energy of motion. to temperature.
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• The first word in an organism’s scientific name. Note that the first letter is capitalized.
• The second word in an organism’s scientific name. Note that first letter in the second word uses
a lower-case letter.
• In Homo sapiens, Homo is the genus and sapiens is the species.
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