In what order should you answer conflicting viewpoint questions in the science section?

Read opinion 1 and questions then opinion 2 and questions

What can be an important tool in both reading comprehension and science?

A pencil or your finger to mark passages and trace patterns

What words should you find when you map the passage?

Detour and contrast words like although, however, but

What's the difference between reading actively and reading passively?

In active reading, you are armed with details from the G & G

Why is it important to determine the relationship between variables?

To see how one variable changes in response to another

Why should you think of RC as a treasure hunt?

Because no one goes treasure hunting without a map.

What is the strategy for data representation questions?

Skim and start with the questions

Why is POE so important?

Because eliminating wrong answers identifies the right one.

Why do you need to keep track of units of measurement?

So you look at the right table or graph

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1
When reading charts, graphs, and tables, what should you keep track of?
The units of measurement
The key to the graph
All of the above
Whether the line increases or decreases
2
In what order should you answer conflicting viewpoint questions in the science section?
Close your test booklet and go home
Read opinion 1 and questions then opinion 2 and questions
Read the questions first then both passages
Read both passages and then answer the questions in order
3
What can be an important tool in both reading comprehension and science?
Tools? I don't need any tools
A meter stick
The jackhammer
A pencil or your finger to mark passages and trace patterns
4
Why is the glance and grab so important?
Identifies the easy questions to answer.
Gives you the main idea before you even read.
Gives you key words that you should find in the passages.
all of the above.
5
What words should you find when you map the passage?
All the words.
Straight ahead words like so, for example, furthermore
Detour and contrast words like although, however, but
All the words that start with A.
6
What's the difference between reading actively and reading passively?
In passive reading, you read with your eyes shut.
In active reading, you are armed with details from the G & G
If you read passively, you are likely passive aggressive.
In active reading, you work out while you read.
7
Why is it important to determine the relationship between variables?
Because variables belong together
So you can find the slope of the line
To see how one variable changes in response to another
So you can "define the relationship"
8
Research summary questions ask you to do what?
Think like a scientist
Be a rocket scientist
Summarize recent scientific breakthroughs
Conduct original research
9
Why should you think of RC as a treasure hunt?
Because reading comp, like treasure hunting, might kill you.
Because you will win $$$$ if you ace RC.
Because no one goes treasure hunting without a map.
Because your teacher loves metaphors.
10
What is the strategy for data representation questions?
Skim and start with the questions
Make sure you understand all the science
Expect a lot of math
Read the passage first; read very carefully
11
Each of the following is a type of passage you might encounter on the ACT EXCEPT
Prose
Humanities
Social Science
Legal
12
Scientists change which variable when they conduct an experiment?
The control
The independent variable
The dependent variable
Chaos theory
13
If you are running out of time,
Consider the genres: Prose/ Hum or Sciences
Consider doing the paired passage last.
Paragraph length: smaller & many paragraphs are easier
All of the above.
14
Why is POE so important?
Because he frequently wrote creepy stuff.
Because eliminating wrong answers identifies the right one.
Because he's just a POE boy, from a poe family.
POE isn't important.
15
What is your mission in the passages in RC?
Summarize and guess
Simplify and create
Summarize and eat Captain Crunch
Summarize and map
16
What is the key for getting the inference questions (implies, suggests, alludes) right?
Understanding Connotation
Fate
Understanding denotation.
Speed
17
To do well on the science section, transfer your skills from what other section?
Writing
English
Reading Comprehension
Math
18
All of the following will improve your reading speed except
Use a pen or your index finger to run under the text.
Use an index card to block the text.
Practicing
Scrolling social media
19
You need to be a scientist to do well on the science section.
True
False
20
Why do you need to keep track of units of measurement?
So you can use them to do math
So you look at the right table or graph
You don't need to keep track of them
So you can convert them to metric

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