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ACT SCIENCE
The Science section of the ACT is the greatest misnomer in the history of standardized tests!
How’s that for a statement?!
As grandiose as it is, it’s absolutely true!
THE SCIENCE SECTION ISN’T A TEST OF SCIENCE AT ALL.
IT’S A TEST OF READING CHARTS AND GRAPHS.
The Science section of the ACT does not test one fact of science—not one!
You don’t need to know that H2O is water, or that CO2 is carbon dioxide.
You don’t have to know what an acid or a base is.
You don’t even have to know how to set up a simple experiment.
YOU JUST HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO READ CHARTS AND GRAPHS--
The kinds of charts and graphs you were doing in third and fourth grades!
The Science section also looks SCARY. There are seven passages, full of text and charts and graphs, with only 35 minutes to do the section.
If you tried to read all the text and all the charts and graphs before doing the questions, you probably wouldn’t get HALF WAY DONE!
The good news is:
YOU DON’T HAVE TO READ ANY OF THE PASSAGES, OR EVEN EXAMINE THE CHARTS AND GRAPHS CLOSELY!
Remember: this is not a science test: it’s a test of reading charts and graphs to find answers.
There’s no point in looking at a bunch of charts and graphs without knowing what you’re supposed to find, so:
JUST GO DIRECTLY TO THE QUESTIONS AND HUNT BACK IN THE CHARTS AND GRAPHS FOR ANSWERS. THERE’S USUALLY LITTLE OR NO THOUGHT INVOLVED!
Hard to believe, we know, but true!
CLICK HERE for an example of a Science passage.
