<p>its my lowest score, I got a 21 (!!!) on the June test, and a 25(!!ugh) on the April test. </p>
<p>Any advice for this section? I am always SO LOST on the passages, run out of time, panic, and I don't remember like anything from my bio class freshman year so I usually do not remember the terms . Le sigh.</p>
<p>Should I review my old biology textbook? I'm just afraid that ACT will pull another 'June Science' this September.</p>
<p>What should I do to improve my score? Just keep taking practice tests?</p>
<p>You don't need to know ANY terms... that's what I realized this last time I took it. I don't have my results back yet, but I'm confident I did better than the time before last (26) - that time I read all the passages and tried to understand the science-y part of it. Needless to say, I ran out of time and had to mark "C" for the last 10 questions. This time, I made it all the way through, only skimming the sections and pulling key facts. I just went straight to the questions and most could be pulled directly from the graph.</p>
<p>I hope it served me well.... I'll see my results (probably) next Wednesday, as I just took it this weekend (rescheduled date).</p>
<p>I'm not sure you're 100% right on the "you don't need to know any terms." On occasion, ACT throws in a question or two that tests your knowledge. For example, on the June test, it asked about viscosity and mitosis. If you didn't know the answer, you could have an educated guess, but there was nothing in the passage to fully support your answer. This also happened on a few other tests.
However, this is only 1 or 2 out of 40 questions. To get a 28, you can probably miss around 7 questions, give or take a few. If you are aiming for a score of say 28, you shouldn't worry too much about those questions. Will brushing through a Chem book or Bio book help? It won't hurt, but it's not entirely necessary. Your best bet is to practice, practice, practice. My last piece of advice is for you not to waste time on the questions that test your knowledge; go with your best guess and move on, because there is nothing you can do if you don't know it.</p>
<p>when i took practice tests, it didnt seem like you needed to know much actual science, it was more like mathy science. if that makes any sense. being able to interpret data from experiments is way more useful, because even if i didnt know exactly what they wanted you could more or less guess from the charts, diagrams etc</p>
<p>I'd just like to point out you could answer all the viscosity questions just from the graphs.</p>
<p>Liquids tend to flow faster at higher temperatures, and since there was a temperature graph... you could come up with a makeshift definition for viscosity on the spot and answer the questions. I did, 36 science score.</p>