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The most important thing you should know about this test is that it is not a science test, but ... similar.
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Think of a quick summary for a passage or for data.
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Graphics are a concise and ... skills up your sleeve is only a start, you will need
a great deal of practice. (See page 283 for ACT Science Reasoning Testpractice questions.)
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Research Summary passages require...
... 1991).
Websites
www .act. org— The official ACT site.
www.testprep.compracticehdr.shtml—Provides practice tests for the ACT exam.
www.powerprep.com—Provides strategies, tutoring, software, diagnostic and online practice ... from the nucleation centers.
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Getting into the ACT: Official Guide to the ACT Assessment (New York: HBJ, 1997).
Kaplan ACT 2000 with CD-ROM (New York: ... opposite poles of the cell.
Spontaneous reaction—A reaction that does not require an external source of energy to proceed.
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64. h. Choices h and j are...
... passage, the first practical transformer was developed in:
A. 1820.
B. 1831.
C. 1881.
D. 1900.
ACTPracticeTest 4
READING
Passage XIII
HUMANITIES: The following passage is
excerpted from A Short History ... molecules. To detect biological
activity, Martian soil samples were treated
with various nutrients that would produce
characteristic by-products if life forms were [30]
active in the soil. The results ... and boulders. The view resembled
nothing so much as a flat section of desert—
in fact, the winning entry in a contest at
J.P.L. for the photograph most accurately [15]
predicting what Mars would...
... their
mother tongue from a foreign language,
sucking more vigorously when they hear it [15]
ACTPracticeTest 1
READING
Passage I
PROSE FICTION: This passage is an adapted
excerpt from Willa Cather’s ... original
utterances.
But recent studies suggest there is [90]
much more to the story—that children
actively seek out abstract grammatical
rules. In one clever experiment, researchers
led by New York University ... her friend. Mr. Weston was a
man of unexceptionable character, easy for- [55]
tune, suitable age, and pleasant manners.
There was some satisfaction in considering
each of these alternatives and...
... of the passage included the jaguar stories of three
ranchers (lines 34-67) in order to:
ACTPracticeTest 2
READING
Passage V
SOCIAL SCIENCE: The following passage is
excerpted from a popular ... anonymi-
ty, the greatest names, such as Leonardo da
Vinci, Hans Holbein, Albrecht Durer, and [75]
Benvenuto Cellini, were found quite matter-
of-factly among those of designers and
manufacturers of arms.
... had more impact than stereotypes about the same ability in
African Americans.
J. For many African Americans, an awareness of negative stereotypes about
intellectual ability can impair test performance.
...
... pho-
tography and that they have made their
greatest contribution in this field. One rea-
son for this is not difficult to ascertain. As [5]
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READING
Passage IX
HUMANITIES: The ... the mother of six children, she
adopted several more and still found time to
be active in social causes and literary activi- [25]
ties. After the Camerons settled in England
in 1848 at Freshwater ... numerous activities and
taking care of her large family, Mrs.
Cameron might have been remembered as
still another rather remarkable and colorful [35]
Victorian lady had it not been for the fact
that,...