The official ACT science guide. (2020)
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- Book
- Title:
- The official ACT science guide. (2020)
- Main Title:
- The official ACT science guide.
- Other Names:
- ACT, Inc.
- Contents:
- Introduction vii Chapter 1: Data Representation Passages 1 Passages on the ACT Science Test 1 What You Can Expect from a Data Representation Passage 3 Trying Your Hand at a Data Representation Passage 5 Summary 15 Chapter 2: Research Summaries Passages 17 What You Can Expect from a Research Summaries Passage 17 How You Should Approach a Research Summaries Passage 18 Trying Your Hand at a Research Summaries Passage 20 Sample Question Answers and Analysis 26 Summary 30 Chapter 3: Conflicting Viewpoints Passages 33 What You Can Expect from a Conflicting Viewpoints Passage 33 Trying Your Hand at a Conflicting Viewpoints Passage 35 Summary 44 Chapter 4: Reporting Category: Interpretation of Data 47 Understanding What a Reporting Category Is 47 Interpretation of Data 49 Summary 64 Chapter 5: Reporting Category: Evaluation of Models, Inferences, and Experimental Results 65 Evaluation of Models, Inferences, and Experimental Results 66 Summary 78 Chapter 6: Reporting Category: Scientific Investigation 79 Scientific Investigation 80 Summary 87 Chapter 7: The Scientific Method 89 Understanding What Science is on the ACT 89 Understanding What the Scientific Method and the Process of Science Are 90 Steps of the Scientific Method 91 Experimental Design 94 Summary 99 Chapter 8: Graphs and Charts on the ACT Science Test 101 Reading Graphs 101 Understanding Data Shown in Tables 105 Relationships Shown in Graphs and Data Sets 107 Summary 111 Chapter 9: Scientific Units and Measurements 113Introduction vii Chapter 1: Data Representation Passages 1 Passages on the ACT Science Test 1 What You Can Expect from a Data Representation Passage 3 Trying Your Hand at a Data Representation Passage 5 Summary 15 Chapter 2: Research Summaries Passages 17 What You Can Expect from a Research Summaries Passage 17 How You Should Approach a Research Summaries Passage 18 Trying Your Hand at a Research Summaries Passage 20 Sample Question Answers and Analysis 26 Summary 30 Chapter 3: Conflicting Viewpoints Passages 33 What You Can Expect from a Conflicting Viewpoints Passage 33 Trying Your Hand at a Conflicting Viewpoints Passage 35 Summary 44 Chapter 4: Reporting Category: Interpretation of Data 47 Understanding What a Reporting Category Is 47 Interpretation of Data 49 Summary 64 Chapter 5: Reporting Category: Evaluation of Models, Inferences, and Experimental Results 65 Evaluation of Models, Inferences, and Experimental Results 66 Summary 78 Chapter 6: Reporting Category: Scientific Investigation 79 Scientific Investigation 80 Summary 87 Chapter 7: The Scientific Method 89 Understanding What Science is on the ACT 89 Understanding What the Scientific Method and the Process of Science Are 90 Steps of the Scientific Method 91 Experimental Design 94 Summary 99 Chapter 8: Graphs and Charts on the ACT Science Test 101 Reading Graphs 101 Understanding Data Shown in Tables 105 Relationships Shown in Graphs and Data Sets 107 Summary 111 Chapter 9: Scientific Units and Measurements 113 Units in Science 113 Understanding Why Units Matter for the ACT Science Test 114 The SI System of Units (Metric Units) 114 Review of the Many Types of Units and Measures You May Encounter 119 Conversion between Metric and Nonmetric Units 124 Summary 125 Chapter 10: Science Vocabulary 127 The Vocabulary of Science 127 General Scientific Terms 128 Chemistry and Biology Terminology 131 Physics Terminology 148 Properties of a Wave and the Electromagnetic Spectrum 151 Concentration, pH, and Acid-Base Chemistry 157 Summary 161 Chapter 11: Practice Questions 163 Chapter 12: Answers and Explanations 207 Answer Key 208 Explanatory Answers 209 … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Place of publication not identified : Wiley
- Publication Date:
- 2020
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (240 pages)
- Subjects:
- 378.1/662
ACT Assessment -- Study guides
Science -- Examinations -- Study guides
ACT Assessment
Science -- Examinations
Study guides - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781119634744
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