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ACT Science Practice 1

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

According to recent temperature trends in New York City, one might predict which temperature on day 7?

a)

59

b)

83

c)

67

d)

72

2.
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?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
3.
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?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
4.

Which liquid had the highest molecular mass?

a)

Hexane

b)

Petroleum Ether

c)

Ethanol

d)

H20

5.
Which month showed the biggest increase is total sales from the previous month?
a)
Febuary
b)
March
c)
April
d)
May
6.
What type of graph is this?
a)
Bar Graph
b)
Line Plot
c)
Pictograph
d)
Tally Chart
7.
How many people liked Mickey Mouse best?
a)
4
b)
10
c)
5
d)
6
8.
How many votes did reading and social studies receive together?
a)
9
b)
11
c)
13
d)
15
9.
Which subject received the most votes?
a)
science
b)
reading
c)
social studies
d)
math
10.

Based on the data in the table, how many students played the three games that had the highest frequency?

a)

62

b)

57

c)

60

d)

61

11.

The graph shows how employees at Disney World travel to work. How many employees ride bikes, ride the bus, or walk to work?

a)

300

b)

450

c)

325

d)

375

12.

The number of teachers at four schools are shown in the bar graph below. The number of teachers at school S is missing. There are a total of 56 teachers at schools S, T and V. Which bar graph represents the number of teachers at school S?

a)
b)
c)
d)
13.

The bar graph shows data about the pets owned by math students in four classes. One bar is missing from the graph. If the students have a total of 32 dogs, which bar shows the number of dogs Ms. Davalos's class has?

a)
b)
c)
d)
14.

What is on the x axis?

a)

intensity (Hz)

b)

intensity (db)

c)

frequency (Hz)

d)

frequency (db)

15.

What is on the yaxis?

a)

intensity (Hz)

b)

intensity (db)

c)

frequency (Hz)

d)

frequency (db)

16.

What does the dashed line represent?

a)

sound in air

b)

sound in water

c)

threshold of hearing

d)

threshold of pain

17.

What does the dotted line represent?

a)

sound in air

b)

sound in water

c)

threshold of hearing

d)

threshold of pain

18.

What is the lowest frequency humans can hear?

a)

2 Hz

b)

20 Hz

c)

3 x 104 Hz

d)

2 x 105 Hz

19.

What is the highest frequency humans can hear?

a)

2 Hz

b)

2 x 101 Hz

c)

4 x 104 Hz

d)

2 x 104 Hz

20.

Suppose a new crop rotation for Field B included legumes and other deep-rooted and high-residue crops. The SOM of this field will most likely change in which of the following ways? The SOM will:

a)

decrease, because soil quality is likely to increase.

b)

decrease, because soil quality is likely to decrease.

c)

increase, because soil quality is likely to increase.

d)

increase, because soil quality is likely to decrease.

21.

As soil quality improves, the number of earthworms increases. Students hypothesized that more earthworms would be found in Field B. Are the data presented in

Table 2 consistent with this hypothesis?

a)

Yes; based on SOM, Field B had a soil quality rating of fair and Field A had a soil quality rating of poor.

b)

Yes; based on SOM, Field B had a soil quality rating of excellent and Field A had a soil quality rating of fair.

c)

No; based on SOM, Field B had a soil quality rating of poor and Field A had a soil quality rating of fair.

d)

No; based on SOM, Field B had a soil quality rating of fair and Field A had a soil quality rating of excellent.

22.

If 8 tons or fewer in crop yields were considered a failed harvest, in which year and in which field would there have been a failed harvest?

a)

Field A in Year 1

b)

Field A in Year 3

c)

Field B in Year 4

d)

Field B in Year 5

23.

Which set of data best supports the claim that Field A has lower soil quality than Field B?

a)

Figure 1

b)

Figure 2

c)

Table 1

d)

Table 2

24.

Based on Figures 1 and 2, consider the average bulk density and the average crop yields for Fields A and B over the study period. Which site had the lower average crop yield, and which site had the higher average bulk density?

Answers are listed in the following manner:

Lower crop yield ; Higher bulk density

a)

Field A ; Field A

b)

Field B ; Field B

c)

Field A ; Field B

d)

Field B ; Field A

25.

In the experiments shown in

Table 1 and Figure 1, by measuring the rate at which Fe2O3 was formed every day, the experimenters could also measure the rate at which:

a)

H2O was produced.

b)

H2 was produced.

c)

Fe was produced.

d)

FeO was produced.

26.

According to table 1, if the amount of Fe2O3 produced on Day 9 had been measured for the salt solution, it would most likely have been:

a)

less than 0.56 g

b)

between 0.59 g and 0.72 g.

c)

between 1.23 g and 1.84 g.

d)

greater than 1.84 g.

27.

According to Table 1, what was the amount of Fe2O3 produced by the sugar solution from the time the amount was measured on Day 6 until the time the amount was measured on Day 8?

a)

0.08 g

b)

0.11 g

c)

0.19 g

d)

0.30 g

28.

Consider the amount of Fe2O3 produced by the salt solution on Day 2. Based on Table 1 and Figure 1, the water buffered to pH = 10.0 produced approximately the same amount of Fe2O3 on which of the following days?

a)

Day 10

b)

Day 6

c)

Day 3

d)

Day 1