The ACT Science Section

How many questions are on the traditional ACT Science section?

• 50
• 40
• 35
• 25

How many minutes are given for the ACT Science section?

• 60
• 40
• 35
• 45

The ____ format presents data in tables, graphs, and diagrams.

• Data Representation
• Control Group
• Conflicting Viewpoints
• Research Summaries

The ____ format describes experiments, their procedures, and results.

• Research Summaries
• Conflicting Viewpoints
• Data Analysis
• Data Representation

The Conflicting Viewpoints format usually contains lots of graphical data.

• True
• False

The variable the researcher deliberately changes is the ____ variable.

• dependent
• constant
• control
• independent

The variable measured as the outcome is the ____ variable.

• dependent
• random
• control
• independent

What group receives no experimental treatment as a baseline?

• Test group
• Sample group
• Variable group
• Control group

A line that rises from left to right shows what correlation?

• Zero
• Negative
• Positive
• Inverse

An inverse relationship means both variables increase together.

• True
• False

The ACT Science section mainly tests memorized facts.

• True
• False

Which is NOT one of the four disciplines on the section?

• Psychology
• Chemistry
• Physics
• Biology

In what year could the science section become optional?

• 2020
• 2030
• 2015
• 2025

How many hypotheses do Conflicting Viewpoints passages present?

• Exactly four
• Two or more
• Exactly one
• None

A controlled experiment holds all other conditions constant.

• True
• False