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ACT Science Test 5

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

According to Figure 2, at an initial %O2 of 16, which of the 4 materials sustained a flame the longest

a)

Candle

b)

Dry paper

c)

Match

d)

Pine Wood

2.

According to Figure 2, what is the order of the 4 materials tested, from the material that required the highest initial %O2 to ignite to the material that required the lowest initial %O2 to ignite?

a)

Match, pine wood, dry paper, candle

b)

Match, dry paper, pine wood, candle

c)

Pine wood, candle, dry paper, match

d)

Pine Wood, dry paper, candle,match

3.

According to Figure 2, at an initial %O2, of 17, approximately how many seconds greater was the flame duration for dry paper that the flame duration for pine wood?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

6

d)

8

4.

According to Figure 1, how many paleo wildfires are known from the rock record between 95 mya and 85 mya?

a)

4

b)

9

c)

14

d)

19

5.

A scientist claimed that paleo wildfires could only have occurred when the %O2 was higher than 15. For which of the following time intervals during the Mesozoic era are the data in Figure 1 inconsistent with this claim?

a)

250-230 mya

b)

180-160 mya

c)

120-100 mya

d)

90-70 mya

6.

The %O2 in Earth's atmosphere today is about 21. According to Figure 1, at which of the following times during the Mesozoic era was the %O2 in Earth's atmosphere closest to the %O2 in Earth's atmosphere today

a)

250 mya

b)

200 mya

c)

150 mya

d)

100 mya

7.

How many questions did passage 3 have?

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

d)

8

8.

What did the right side of the graph of the figure one show?

a)

%O2

b)

Millions of years MA

c)

number of known Paleo wildfires

d)

flame duration

9.

What did the left side of the graph of the figure one show?

a)

%O2

b)

Millions of years MA

c)

number of known Paleo wildfires

d)

flame duration

10.

What did the bottom of the graph of the figure one show?

a)

%O2

b)

Millions of years MA

c)

number of known Paleo wildfires

d)

flame duration

11.

How many questions did passage 4 have?

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

d)

8

12.

What type of passage is passage three?

a)

Charts and graphs

b)

experimental design

c)

opposing viewpoints

13.

What type of passage is passage four?

a)

Charts and graphs

b)

experimental design

c)

opposing viewpoints

14.

Which of the students, if any, would be likely to agree that providing a purple-stemmed plant from Population A with additional sunlight will cause its stem to become green?

a)

Student 1

b)

Student 1 and 3 only

c)

students 1,3 and 4 only

d)

None of the students

15.

Which student would be the most likely to agree that the soil in which Population A plant is grown will influence its stem color?

a)

Student 1

b)

Student 2

c)

Student 3

d)

Student 4

16.

Suppose 2 of the purple-stemmed plants in the population were crossed and 52 purple-stemmed offspring and 15 green-stemmed offspring were produced. If all the parents and offspring in the cross were grown under the same conditions, these results would best support the explanation or which student?

a)

Student 1

b)

Student 2

c)

Student 3

d)

Student 4

17.

Which of the students would be likely to agree that a plant receiving 9 hours of sunlight each day could have either a purple stem or a green stem?

a)

student 1 only

b)

student 2 only

c)

Student 3 and 4 only

d)

students 2,3, and 4 only

18.

All four of the students' explanations are consistent with which of the following statement. In Population A:

a)

both green-stemmed plants and purple-stemmed plants produce a pigment that can be used for photosynthesis.

b)

only green-stemmed plants produce a pigment that can be used in photosynthesis.

c)

only purple-stemmed plants produce a pigment that can be used for photosynthesis

d)

neither green-stemmed plants nor purple-stemmed plants produce a pigment that can be used for photosynthesis.

19.

What were the differences between the viewpoint of student 1 and student 2?

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20.

What were the differences between the viewpoint of student 3 and student 4?

4 lines