October 25, 2008 ACT Discussion- Science

<p>there were four for the moquito question</p>

<p>did all of you finish? i didnt even finish a whole passage!!!! guessed on like 10</p>

<p>I was able to finish but I wasn't sure about all of the problems. If I didn't know it right off or couldn't figure it out in 30 seconds, I moved on. So I ended up not having any time to go over the answers.</p>

<p>I guessed on the third to last question. I didn't think it was too bad otherwise, assuming the alleles bit didn't throw you for a loop.</p>

<p>i literally just circled the last 10 bubbles completely randomly without any knowledge of what the passage was about because I ran out of time...so that definitely killed me</p>

<p>I dunno. The reading section is my bad test. I can't read fast enough.</p>

<p>im glad ive taken biology because the alleles is the only one i felt good about. that and half of the mosquito</p>

<p>do you need to have any prior knowledge in science for the science section? or is it all just finding the answers in the info right in front of you?</p>

<p>All of the information is given to you. You just have to interpret graphs and charts and make inferences about scientific experiments.</p>

<p>I guess it's sort of both, but you really don't need any outside info. I think knowing basic science material is definitely helpful...for example: you may notice that people were just talking about genes and alleles. The test did not tell you how to figure out what genes the offspring will inherit, so it was up to us to have a sudden epiphany and remember "punnet squares!" in order to answer some of the questions. This is pretty rare (in some cases), but knowing your basic terms and materials and whatnot will certainly help you!</p>

<p>I'm freaking out about my October science score right now! If I get a 30+, I'll be satisfied.</p>

<p>dude if i get a 25+ i'll be happy.....</p>