*OFFICIAL* September 2012 ACT Science Section Discussion

<p>Let us vote!</p>

<p>Which passage is harder, one on gas pressure or one on DNA replication?</p>

<p>Guys, I think we should all submit questions to ACT similar to Antitypical. Don’t just copy-paste, I don’t think that will really send a message, but basically say why the Science section was bad, Anti’s ideas seem consistent with most of ours. I also plan to tell to, at the very least, publish a practice book with more accurate Science tests, if they intend for the Science difficulty of subsequent tests to be akin to today’s.</p>

<p>@wcclirl. they do curve beforehand lol. They curve beforehand so everyone could actually get 36 if they wanted to. They do this to prevent situations like…For example, if the test was curved and everyone became so smart and got 36 in everything, and one person who gets 1 wrong in each section will get 1 in every section. They want to be “fair” so they curve beforehand… obviously in this case, it’s not fair at all. ㅡ.ㅡ;;;</p>

<p>Omg i said that too!</p>

<p>“Early Action applicants should submit their standardized tests by the end of October, but are still eligible to apply using the November series.”</p>

<p>Does that mean we can use the October 28th ACT to apply?</p>

<p>ANYONE REMEMBER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GUITAR PASSAGE?
also for the last one i said 100/0. what other ?'s were there?</p>

<p>Agreed the science portion was unfair and different from the normal practice tests I had done in the passed. I had to guess on several and didn’t even have to time to answer about 3 or 4. At the same time some of the problems appeared to be knowledge passed and if it wasnt for classes I had taken and projects I had completed I wouldn’t have gotten as <em>lucky</em> on those questions. Overall it was difficult but I still broke down on the math because I started slow so I am more uneasy about that</p>

<p>so the answer for the first question of the DNA one is 50 % 50% right?? Can Someone please confirm that</p>

<p>i said all 3</p>

<p>@ cheergirlie45
Do you mean the question about boiling points (100 C ) one?</p>

<p>Stupid things like this section are why I hate standardized tests. You know and they know there is no way that someone can read and comprehend 4 different theoretical science experiments and answer 40 questions about them in 35 minutes. There will never be a time where it is necessary to do so either. I would much rather them ask biology questions like “Ribosomes do ____” or something.</p>

<p>Phew. I thought it was just me that thought the science was absolute ****. I literally had this moment where I looked up from my test, saw I had 10 minutes left and like 12 questions I had no idea on and was just like WHAT IS THIS?? the syringe one was just… I had no clue what they were talking about! and the guitar one… a couple of the questions were just weird. And I got 35s on most of my science tests. I was feeling good about the test until… THAT SCIENCE!!</p>

<p>for the boiling points one i think all of the 3 things boiled. I took AP Chemistry last year (got a 5) and I think since each of the substances caused the syringe to expand, a gas must have evolved from each of the 3 substances. When that substance changes from a liquid to a gas (to make the syringe expand) it must have boiled;therefore all of them have a boiling point at or below 100 degrees Celsius (the boiling point of water).
*not trying to show off that i got a 5, just establishing some ethos</p>

<p>@ adezar 1
High five! That’s what I put . What about the first question on the last passage. Is it 50% by 50% ?</p>

<p>yess its for the boiling pts</p>

<p>@adezar 1
^huh, i thought they put gas in the syringe and they put the syringes into heaeted bath of different solvents? when bath is higher the air in syringe expand?</p>

<p>did i understand the whole experiment wrong? =o=lll</p>

<p>What about the equilibrium equation with NH? is the forward reaction going to be faster and then they will stay the same? thanks!</p>

<p>lol man this sucks</p>

<p>Guys we need to make a consolidated list (except for last part which is impossible lol) like we do in reading section discussion so that we do not need to ask same question over and over again. Pls copy this post and add right answers u remembered, or change answers if confirmed.</p>

<ol>
<li><p>Boiling point higher than 100C
1-hexan only (forgot exact name) because other two solvent has syringe shortened less than when the tube is in H2O</p></li>
<li><p>Fighting scientists: why did they cut the corner of wings of bees?
To prevent them from falling
<strong><em>Not confirmed</em></strong>****</p></li>
<li><p>Fighting scientist: last one in fighting scientist, does chemical B mask chemical A?
yes because it’s most similar to effects when there is saline only something like that
<strong><em>not confirmed</em></strong>
*</p></li>
<li><p>First question of last part, something with Tube 2
50% and 50%
<strong><em>not confirmed</em></strong></p></li>
<li><p>UT and T question: last question
55 cm^3 was drained out (forgot unit)</p></li>
<li><p>Syringe questions: when D initial was added to 55cm, what will length after 10cm change to?
53.3cm</p></li>
</ol>

<p>More questions and answers pls!!</p>

<ol>
<li><p>For 2, I got to identify them. That experiment was not a locomotion one and was about agressive bee behavior.</p></li>
<li><p>Also, most people have confirmed three boiling points as they all were above 50</p></li>
</ol>

<p>other answers I agree with</p>