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565922822What is the biggest mistake smart people make?Science can be different than concrete ideas like math. Science questions are testing your ability to combine information given in the introduction and presented in graphs.
565922823Preview Section. Do this quickly - but look for terms that a test maker would use in later questions i.e definition of a meteor..
565922824Science section has less text and more data and graphics that the reading sections.
565922825look for extremes such as min.s and max.s...
565922826recognize variables in a graph and how they relate to each other...
565922827understand the way things are measured. sometimes the writers put things in the wrong units...
565922828make sure you know the correct units...
565922829most graphs on tests are line graphs...
565922830expect bar graphs and one pictorial presentation as well...
565922831some questions are based on facts and some on opinions...
565922832a fact question can be answered T for True or F for False...
565922833An opinion question means some people might believe the statement to be true...
565922834Some answers involve estimates, so you may not find a point on the graph exactly where the answer lies. Guess the closest one....
565922835Not all science questions involve a graph. some list data in tables. Interpret the tables carefully...
565922836review major scientific terms prior to testing...
565922837you do not have to memorize every formula...
565922838do not forget the process of elimination....
565922839do not consider answers that are way out of range. Eliminate them right away...
565922840guess if you are not sure....
565922841READ THE CHART: these questions ask you to identify info given on the chart and are perhaps the most straightforward questions on the Science Reading Test....
565922842USE THE CHART: Slightly more complicated than Read the Chart questions, these questions require that you use the info given in the chart to determine other, unstated info....
565922843You need to be able to translate info from chart into words or translate words or numbers into a chart...
565922844Being able to manipulate and transform data in this way indicates that you understand info in the passage...
565922845WHAT'S REP'D IN THE TABLE...
565922846WHAT DO THE ROWS AND COLUMNS REP....
565922847WHAT ARE THE UNITS...
565922848WHAT ARE THE PATTERNS IN THE DATA...
565922849Scan the bar graphs are the easiest to read....
565922850Identify variables...
565922851What is being measured? Disease, behavior, liquids, time, grades? Mark them...
565922852How are the variables measured? Per cents, length, volume, metric?...
565922853Handle Graphs: what is the next step? generally this type of question will provide you with a goal for an experiment and the current scenario....
565922854The questions on the Conflicting viewpoints section are slightly different. We've divided them into 3 main categories: DETAIL, INFERENCE, COMPARISON...
565922855DETAIL: questions ask you to id specific info from the arguments presented....
565922856INFERENCE: question ask you to draw out implied Info from the arguments...
565922857COMPARISON: analyze similarities and differences between arguments....
565922858Coordinate Graphs: dependent var. is the y axis (vertical)...
565922859Independent var. is the x-axis (horizontal) (Manipulated)...
565922860When x is changed y changes...
565922861Intersecting Points: rep. a value for each var. and ind. var. (x,y)...

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