{"id":88,"date":"2014-01-21t09:00:30","date_gmt":"2014-01-21t09:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/act\/?p=88"},"modified":"2015-04-15t00:04:26","modified_gmt":"2015-04-15t00:04:26","slug":"making-accurate-inferences-on-the-act-science-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/act\/making-accurate-inferences-on-the-act-science-test\/","title":{"rendered":"making accurate inferences on the act science test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>easy <a href=\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/act\/act-science\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">act science test<\/a> questions ask you what the passage or data tables <i>explicitly<\/i> say. more challenging questions require you to draw your own conclusions based on what is <i>implied<\/i> in the passages.<\/p>\n<p>mark up the passages as you read, paying close attention to the topic, experiment set-ups, given results, author\u2019s point of view, and underlying assumptions as you go.<\/p>\n<p>your graders will never see the notes you made in the act test booklet, so feel free to draw all over it!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/act\/files\/2014\/01\/adc_img1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-89 alignleft\" alt=\"adc_img1\" src=\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/act\/files\/2014\/01\/adc_img1.png\" width=\"432\" height=\"602\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>here\u2019s an example of how literally \u201cdrawing\u201d can better help you draw conclusions and get better scores on the act test come test day!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>notice how you can draw circles and boxes, underline, make arrows, etc. use whatever system works best for you! you can also see that it\u2019s important to summarize each scientist\u2019s position in one or two words. scientist 1\u2019s position can be summarized by the phrase \u201cability to move\u201d whereas scientist 2\u2019s position can be summarized by the phrase \u201cresemblance.\u201d now let\u2019s try a question!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>a basic question for a passage like this would be something like: \u201caccording to figure 1, which set of characteristics would distinguish between algae, true plants and fungi?\u201d according to figure 1, plants could be classified as algae, true plants, fungi, or bacteria based on two characteristics: whether they are photosynthetic and whether they are single- or multi-celled. after doing all the hard-work understanding the chart and the scientists, it\u2019s easy to see where to look for the correct answer!<\/p>\n<p>get more practice with act science questions by downloading the free 2022世界杯入门名单 booklet on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.actstudent.org\/\">www.actstudent.org<\/a>. it contains a complete 2022世界杯入门名单 with a free answer key! happy studying!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>easy act science test questions ask you what the passage or data tables explicitly say. more challenging questions require you to draw your own conclusions based on what is implied in the passages. mark up the passages as you read, paying close attention to the topic, experiment set-ups, given results, author\u2019s point of view, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":97,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[14,6],"ppma_author":[24879],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- this site is optimized with the yoast seo premium plugin v21.7 (yoast seo v21.7) - 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