December 2014 ACT Discussion Thread

<p>so for the which theory is most correct i said it was the student who said that when the wax runs out the candle dies which seems logical? also i put north pole for N because nothing in that entire section said anything about nanometers i read it over like 3 times and there was an S opposite the end so</p>

<p>It was student 4</p>

<p>are we talking about nV? i’m not sure. that was nanometers</p>

<p>And did anyone remember about the shrub question in the science portion? It went like “why did they put the shrubs adjacent to each other?” or something to that nature. I put dominant species after debating if it was climate because they didn’t mention anything about a climate.</p>

<p>Does someone know how to do a google docs?</p>

<p>I also put dominant species. I crossed out climate right away and the other two options were some other independent/dependent variables in the experiment.</p>

<p>The correct student was student 1 because… he/she literally described how candles work lol. Wax is a hydrocarbon that reacts with oxygen in a combustion reaction, producing a flame. If you put a jar over a candle, it will stop burning when the oxygen runs out (oxygen is the limiting reactant in that scenario). It’s pretty basic chemistry.</p>

<p>I also chose student 1 based on chemistry knowledge. But I started to do that passage (did it in the end) with 3 and half minutes left so wasn’t sure if I misread something…</p>

<p>everyone around me was saying student 4, which made me so nervous… cuz I could have got wrong in many other questions if I read it wrong</p>

<p>@thanksagain You are forgetting that climate can also refer to percipitation and other weather phenomena.
Also, insulation is NOT the same thing as heat transfer, although a lot of people eek to think it is. </p>

<p>does anyone remember any of the other questions in the conflicting viewpoints passage</p>

<p>I put student 1and wat was the equation for the burning?</p>

<p>j</p>

<p>So you needed background info to answer the candle question correctly? Shoot. I put student 4 :(( </p>

<p>O2 + Wax or something? That’s what i put for the first part of the equation</p>

<p>how do i open the doc??</p>

<p>if someone’s making a gdoc… give us the link through bit.ly bc CC censors google doc and google drive links</p>

<p>For the equation, I put wax + O2–> H20 and something else</p>

<p>Theres no risk of ACT catching us for talking bout this right?</p>

<p>@cooldude1098 i was wondering the same thing</p>

<p>I goofed and left the equation one for last, but then forgot about it and left it blank. I also put student 4 for the theory one. I’m expecting a negative score on the science section haha.</p>