Test prep test 5

Which of the following examples is not correct?

'If it is a car, then it has wheels. It runs on wheels. Therefore, it must not be a car.'This is an example of affirming the consequent.

How many experiments will you read about in a single Research Summaries passage?

1 or more

At 1:45, Car 2 was travelling...

3 feet per minute fowards

How long is the ACT Science Reasoning section?

35 minutes

All the cars started from the same starting point. At the 1:59 minute mark, how much further ahead was Car 2, compared to Car 1?

4 feet

At the end of the experiment, how many feet away from the starting line was Car 3?

4 feet

Beginning from the start of the larval stage, how long does it take a mealworm to lay its first egg

6 weeks

Which of the following statements regarding deductive reasoning is false?

A conclusion cannot be valid if it is not also true.

Which of the following is mentioned in Passage 1, but not Passage 2?

A specific reason why Pluto is no longer considered a planet.

Which of the following statements is not true regarding conditional reasoning?

Affirming the consequent and denying the antecedent are valid forms of conditional reasoning.

Which of the following is an example of a syllogism?

All private schools cost money. Smiths Academy is a private school. Therefore, Smiths Academy costs money.

Which rule describes what you should do when you're ready to read a multiple-choice question?

Answer the question before looking at the answer choices.

Which rule keeps you from getting distracted by incorrect choices in a multiple-choice question?

Answer the question on your own.

Oswald Avery answered the question he set out to investigate by showing that _____ was the transforming principle in the Griffith experiment.

DNA

Drug A is most likely which of these antibiotics?

Daptomycin

Looking at the graph below, which of the following statements is NOT true?

Enzyme C is more active at lower pH values.

Which of the following is a good way to keep the different views in a Conflicting Viewpoints passage straight in your head?

Give each scientist a nickname.

You've never taken an astronomy class in your life. On the ACT Science test, you see a passage about astronomy. What should you do?

Go for it - all the information you need is in the passage.

On a petri dish smeared with Species x, the radius of the cleared area was 1.1cm. Species x is most likely...

Gram-positive

In general, was this antibiotic more effective against gram-positive or gram-negative bacteria?

Gram-positive, because the radius of the cleared area was larger.

Which of the following will you NOT see much on Conflicting Viewpoints passages?

Graphs, charts, and tables

Which languages contribute to most scientific vocabulary?

Greek and Latin

Which of the following shows the best order of the steps that a student should take when interpreting tables of scientific data on an exam? I. Student tries to answer the question on his/her own II. Student scans the table to assess the information provided III. Student confirms that the information data table makes sense

II, III, I

Which rule describes how you come to understand what a chart means and how to use it effectively?

Identify the trends of the chart.

Which of the following is an example of denying the consequent?

If it is wood, it must be brown. It is not brown, therefore it is not wood.

Using the image provided, what conclusion can be made about the trend in the number of families over geologic time?

It has increased over geologic time.

Which of the following would support the author of Passage 1 but not the author of Passage 2?

Many words have shifted their meanings in response to new situations without becoming meaningless

Drug B is...

More effective than Drug A against gram-negative bacteria.

If you were going to nickname Scientist 2 in a way that helped you distinguish her from Scientist 1, which would be the best nickname?

Mrs. Precision

Scientist 2 would argue that what Scientist 1 describes as 'linguistic nit-picking' (Scientist 1) is ...

Necessary to preserve the utility of scientific terms.

Before conducting this experiment, the scientist hypothesized that Drug A would be effective against gram-negative bacteria only. Was this hypothesis supported by the data?

No - Drug A was more effective against gram-positive bacteria.

You nearly failed out of Earth Science. You open the ACT to see a Data Representation passage about geology. Are you in trouble?

No - all the information you need to answer the questions will be in the passage.

Are the questions on the Conflicting Viewpoints passages arranged in order of difficulty?

None of the answers are correct.

Which rule describes the very first thing you should do when encountering a problem involving a graph or chart?

Orient yourself to the x and y axes.

Pick the answer that best describes the trend or pattern shown in the chart:

Over time, the weather gets less overcast and more sunny.

What were Oswald Avery's objective results in his experiments?

Positive or negative indications of each factor.

Which are the easiest questions on the Research Summaries passages?

Questions that just ask you to find a fact in the passage.

Which of the following is NOT true about science?

Scientists never compete with one another.

During an exam, what should you do if you're having trouble visualizing the line graph that matches your data table?

Sketch out the graph on scratch paper.

Which of the following is a good time-saving strategy?

Skim the passage for the important parts instead of reading it all the way through.

How should you approach Data Representation passages?

Skim them for important information and then move on to the questions.

Which of the following conclusions could be made based on the information presented?

The range in fastest speeds is greater than the range in average speeds.

On the Research Summaries passages, which of the following question types is worth the most points?

They are all worth the same

Which of the following best describes questions on Data Representation passages?

They ask you to interpret information presented in the passage.

When solving a problem that includes a table, which rule helps you identify the biological ideas that you'll need to reference in order to solve the problem?

Verify the concepts.

A scientist is studying the average speed and fastest recorded speed of four creatures. His results, in miles per hour, are shown in the table below.

a

Which of the following will you NOT need to do a Research Summaries passage?

a lab coat

The questions on a Conflicting Viewpoints passage might ask you to...

all of the answers are correct

Which type of learning approach focuses on subdivided parts?

analytic

A scientist is running a test of her hypothesis. Which step of the scientific method is she executing?

experiment

Which of the following is NOT a type of passage on the ACT Science Reasoning section?

factual recall

Which type of chart illustrates relationships between concepts or steps in a process?

flow chart

All of the following might show up on a Data Representations passage EXCEPT...

free response

The questions on the ACT Science Reasoning test are

grouped around several short passages

Which variable remains unaffected by the other variables of an experiment?

independent variable

The ACT Science Reasoning test primarily evaluates your ability to...

interpret and apply scientific information

ACT Science Reasoning questions are primarily about...

interpreting information

Which of the following is viewed as scientific fact without any exceptions?

law

Which type of chart plots the relationship between dependent and independent variables?

line graph

The graph shows the rock layers on a 6-mile cross-section of a mountain range. Height is in thousands of feet. At which of the following locations along the cliff face is the slate layer thickest?

mile 6

Which of the following best describes the questions on the ACT Science Reasoning test

multiple choice with four answer choices

How are the questions ordered in a Data Representations passage?

none of these are correct

A controlled experiment tests how many variables at one time?

one

Which of these is a process that requires scientists to critique each other's work and decide whether it meets the standards of the scientific community?

peer review

For which creature is the difference between average speed and fastest speed the greatest?

phoenix

Which type of chart compares data with relative percentages?

pie chart

Oswald Avery used _____ in order to rule out protein as the transforming principle in his experiment.

protein-digesting enzymes

At what step in the scientific method does a scientist propose the problem that he or she wants to solve?

question

In order for a scientist's work to be accepted, other scientists must be able to _____ the experiment.

repeat

Oswald Avery ruled out RNA as the transforming principle by using _____ in his experiments.

ribonuclease

What is the primary unit of a word called?

root

When solving a problem that has a data table, which rule allows you to get oriented to the information in the problem?

scan the table first

How should you deal with the passages on the ACT Science test?

skim them for the important information

Which of the following is NOT a good strategy to use on the ACT Science test?

skip around from passage to passage

You open the ACT Science test to the first page. Even without skimming it, you can see that the very first passage contains a really hard graph. What should you do?

skip it and go on

Which of the following is the correct way to handle a question that you just can't crack?

skip it and move on

What is the topic of these two passages?

status of Pluto as a planet

Which word part appears only AFTER the root?

suffix

An experiment should show that a hypothesis is either _____.

supported or not supported

In his experiments, Oswald Avery knew that the sugar coat was NOT the transforming principle because transformation occurred when _____ was ABSENT.

the sugar coat

Which of the following is NOT one of the six key steps of the scientific method?

theory

Which of the following summarizes an accepted hypothesis tested by many scientists?

theory

How many different views will you see expressed in a Conflicting Viewpoints question?

two or more

Which type of learner prefers pictures and charts?

visual

Which axis is the horizontal axis?

x axis