<p>My science section (66something- eng. passage about girl at harvard) had questions that I am positive were solely based on outside knowledge. Some of them were easy (what is an ion) but some were total mind****s. Are they allowed to do that?</p>
<p>Nope, there wasn't anything you couldn't solve by looking at the diagrams. The last one was tricky, but nothing impossible.</p>
<p>No, I'm 100% positive that I could not have explained fission just by looking at the diagrams. I made a good guess, but it was not based on the passage.</p>
<p>The one that really ****ed me off was the long about about Gram +/- bacteria and susceptibility. The question was something about which part of a cell is found in all the bacteria used, A) Nucleus B) Mitochrondrian C)Chloroplasts D) Cell membrane. Nothing about any of those in the passage, and I had biology four years ago.</p>
<p>I didn't see ion defined anywhere in the passage.</p>
<p>My Science test also had a few questions that required outside knowledge. A friend told me yesterday that ACT has recently gayified the Science section by making it harder; maybe these questions were what he was talking about.</p>
<p>maybe the curve will be easier</p>
<p>I realize that the ACT is more achievement based, but how can one objectively measure something as broad as science, especially in a section called "Science Reasoning"</p>
<p>If that's the case, that means the ACT science is becoming more like a SAT subject test in biology and chemistry.</p>
<p>IMHO I thought the science part was actually easier. The cell one was absolute basic knowledge (although I do understand your point about it not being in the passage.) And the one about fission...it said the answer in the first two sentences of the passage. Not word for word, but by what they gave you and process of elimination it was pretty simple. I don't remember the ion question.</p>
<p>The ion question was "How does scientist 1 prove that water is not an ion?"</p>
<p>well, from my limited recollection of biology, i only remember a, b, d being in all cells and c. being in plant cells or something... what was the answer?</p>
<p>and was the fission repulsive/protons?</p>
<p>what was the one about .. where in the cell or something</p>
<p>From actstudent.org:</p>
<p>The questions require you to:</p>
<pre><code>*
recognize and understand the basic features of, and concepts related to, the provided information
*
examine critically the relationship between the information provided and the conclusions drawn or hypotheses developed
*
generalize from given information and draw conclusions, gain new information, or make predictions
</code></pre>
<p>maybe these will be thrown out</p>
<p>I don't think any questions can be "thrown out." Although the science curve might be a little more generous.</p>
<p>so was the answer chloroplasts?</p>
<p>No, chloroplasts are usually found in plants and algae that conduct photosynthesis.</p>
<p>so you wanna tell me the answer?</p>
<p>I don't know the answer. :) I was only able to eliminate two, and I guessed on that one..</p>
<p>nucleus? i have no idear</p>
<p>Yeah, it was a toss up between nucleus and cell membrane for me. I chose cell membrane...I'm trying to look it up, but I can't find it anywhere.</p>