Quiz about ACT Prep - Science

Question 1

Read the following paragraph:

From Salad to Symphony

Though they can often be see lugging bags stuffed with fresh vegetables home from Beijing markets, brothers Nan Weidong and Nan Weiping are not chefs - they are musicians. Their instrument of choice is considered rather unusual: a pan pipe fashioned from carrots, an ocarina created from a sweet potato, other brightly colored vegetables.

Which choice best maintains the pattern established in the sentence's two previous examples?

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a flute made from a bamboo shoot.

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vegetable instruments of all shapes and sizes.

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a certain type of root vegetable.

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NO CHANGE

Question 2

What impact do the amounts of available energy, water, and oxygen have on an ecosystem?

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They are used as nutrients by living organisms.

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They recycle the residue of dead organisms.

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They control the environment's energy source.

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They act as limiting factors on the organisms.

Question 3

What term describes all of the members of a species of mockingbirds that live in the same area of Tampa?

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a population

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a biome

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a community

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an ecosystem

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT something you should do when first reading the passage?

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Glance at questions to see what to find

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Briefly glance at tables and graphs

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Examine diagrams or schematics

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Skim introductory paragraphs for main ideas

Question 5

Which of the following best describes how the chemical energy travels up the food pyramid?

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Chemical energy is used by each of the organisms in the food pyramid, resulting in less energy as it moves up the pyramid.

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Chemical energy is made by each of the organisms in the food pyramid, resulting in more energy as it moves up the pyramid.

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Chemical energy is not needed by the organisms in the food pyramid, resulting in equal amounts of energy throughout the food pyramid.

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Chemical energy is used by producers but created by consumers, resulting in fluctuations in the amounts of energy throughout the food pyramid.

Question 6

Guessing on the ACT test is strongly discouraged.

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False

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True

Question 7

It is suggested that you spend an average of _____ minutes total per passage and items.

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4-7

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5-8

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8-11

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6-9

Question 8

Read the following sentence:

It was nineteen kilometers long greatly expanded and surrounded the city of Rome as well as a small section of the Tiber's west bank.

Which of the following placements for the underlined portion makes it most clear that it was Rome that has expanded?

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After the words surrounded the

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After the word Rome

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After the words of the

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Where it is now

Question 9

Use the Reading Passage to answer the following:

It can reasonably be inferred from the passage that Abshu and the Masons would agree with which of the following statements about the best way to raise a child?

Individual Question

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For a child to thrive and be a responsible member of society, he or she must develop a sense of discipline.

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For a child to be happy, he or she must develop a firm basis in religion at an early age.

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For a child to be fulfilled, he or she must be exposed to great works of art and literature that contain universal themes.

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For a child to achieve greatness, he or she must attach importance to the community and not to the self.

Question 10

There is a regular deck of 52 cards. What is the probability that Joy will draw a card that is a red 5 OR a card that is a black 8?

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4/52 = 1/13

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5/52

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8/52 = 2/13

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13/52 = 1/4

Question 11

This food web reveals that, as matter flows through trophic levels,

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matter from consumers, such as the green lynx spider, is eventually recycled by decomposers, such as a fungus.

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matter from producers, such as the cutleaf daisy, is immediately recycled by decomposers, such as a bacterium.

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matters from all organisms, such as the Bald eagle, is dissipated at each level and none of it is recycled.

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matter from the Sun is recycled after many years by consumers, such as a Bachman's sparrow.

Question 12

You should preview the questions before reading the passage.

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False

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True

Question 13

Make the best choice for the highlighted portion.

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but the diagnosis then would have been neurasthenia.

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because the diagnosis then would have been neurasthenia.

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for the diagnosis then would have been neurasthenia.

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also the diagnosis then would have been neurasthenia.

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or the diagnosis then would have been neurasthenia.

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Question 14

A chemist claimed that in Experiment 2, the pH of the sample solution was greater at a value of 0.2 mL of titrant added than at a value of 1.8 mL of titrant added. Do the results of Experiment 2 support this claim?

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No; at a value of 0.2 mL of titrant added, the sample solution was yellow, and at a value of 1.8 mL of titrant added, the sample solution was blue.

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No; at a value of 0.2 mL of titrant added, the sample solution was blue, and at a value of 1.8 mL of titrant added, the sample solution was yellow.

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Yes; at a value of 0.2 mL of titrant added, the sample solution was yellow, and at a value of 1.8 mL of titrant added, the sample solution was blue.

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Yes; at a value of 0.2 mL of titrant added, the sample solution was blue, and at a value of 1.8 mL of titrant added, the sample solution was yellow.

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Question 15

Which one of the following is NOT a type of passage on the test?

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Science Reasoning

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Data Representation

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Research Summary

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Conflicting Viewpoints

Question 16

Use the Reading Passage to answer the following:

The point of view from which the passage is told can best be described as that of:

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an unidentified narrator describing a man who devoted his life to neighborhood children years after his own difficult childhood.

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a man looking back on the best years of his life as director of a community center in a strife-ridden neighborhood.

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a narrator describing his experiences as they happen, starting with childhood and continuing through his adult years as an advocate for troubled children.

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an admiring relative of a man whose generosity with children was widely respected in the neighborhood where he turned around a declining community center.

Question 17

Which passage should you tackle first?

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the data representation passages

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the first passage in the test

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the conflicting viewpoints passage

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the research summary passages

Question 18

The passage compares the retina in the most complex invertebrate eye to the:

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light-sensitive film in a camera.

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darkened chamber of a camera.

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diaphragm of a camera.

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lens of a camera.

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iris of a camera.

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Question 19

How are the questions for a passage generally arranged?

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easier to more difficult

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chronologically

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complicated to simple

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difficult to easier

Question 20

The passage implies that at the time the microscope was invented:

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no one had, as yet, found a scientific use for it

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it needed improvements in order to be useful

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people feared that it would be used for the wrong reasons

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the telescope was considered a more important invention

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scientists believed that it would lead to important discoveries

Question 21

Which of the following graphs best illustrates the relationship between the heat released by the foods listed in Table 1 and the change in water temperature?

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B

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A

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C

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D

Question 22

George has 4 sets of socks, and 4 sets of shoes. Each pair has a different color: White, Brown, Black, and Blue.

If George selects a pair of socks (same color) and a pair of shoes (same color) at random, what is the theoretical probability that George will choose a white pair of shoes and a pair of socks that are not white?

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0.1875

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0.25

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0.0625

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0.125

Question 23

Which diagram correctly represents the carbon dioxide-oxygen cycle?

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Option B is correct

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A.

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C.

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D.

Question 24

Which of the following best describes the type of supporting information the author uses in this passage?

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Quotations from one of King's speeches and from something King wrote

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Quotations from King's books and observations by former opponents of King's ideas

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Quotations from two of King's most famous speeches and commentary from liberal political theorists

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Quotations from people who worked with King and information from state records

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Comments from King's followers and city records from Birmingham

Question 25

If $x$ and $y<4$ , then what is the greatest possible integer value of

$x+y$ ?

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7

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0

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3

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4

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8

Question 26

Friction between the rocks and the clay is reduced by which of the following?

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Mud and algae only

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Ice only

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Algae only

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Ice and mud only

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