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