AccelePrep for the ACT Test 2nd Edition Student Text

190 • S URGE TO S UCCESS ! S CIENCE T EST P REP

The items that correspond to a Science passage tend to be arranged ˆ”‘ ‡ƒ•‹‡•– –‘ ‘•– †‹ˆϐ‹…—Ž–Ǥ Š‡ ϐ‹”•– ‹–‡ ƒ› ƒ• ›‘— –‘ ϐ‹† ƒ •‹‰Ž‡ number in a table. The second item may ask for a value that is the largest or smallest in a series. And the third item may require you to interpolate a ˜ƒŽ—‡Ǥ Š‡ǡ –Š‡ ‰‘‹‰ ‹‰Š– ‰‡–…‘•‹†‡”ƒ„Ž› ‘”‡ †‹ˆϐ‹…—Ž–Ǥ Remember, you get +1 for the hardest item and +1 for the easiest item. Do NOT spend too much time on any one item. When the going gets tough, skip the rest of the questions and go to the next passage where the †‹ˆϐ‹…—Ž–› ”‡•‡–• –‘ –Š‡ Ž‘™‡•– •‡––‹‰Ǥ

ELIMINATE CHOICES, GUESS (IF NECESSARY), AND MOVE ON

PACING TIP The ACT test has no penalty ˆ‘” ‰—‡••‹‰Ǥ ˆ ›‘— ϐ‹† ›‘—”•‡Žˆ •–—… ‘ ƒ †‹ˆϐ‹…—Ž– item, eliminate as many choices as possible, guess, ƒ† ‘˜‡ ‘Ǩ

POWER PRACTICE 3 DIRECTIONS: The passage below is followed by several items. After reading the passage, choose the best answer to each item. You may refer to the passage as often as necessary. You are NOT permitted the use of a calculator. PASSAGE I The chart below shows the average blood pressure and relative total surface area associated with the different types of human blood vessels.

1. According to the diagram, pulse pressure can be detected: A. in large arteries only. B. in large arteries as well as in large veins. C. in blood vessels between the aorta and the capillaries. D. primarily in the arterioles, capillaries, and venules. 2. Based on the information in the diagram, average blood pressure: F. decreases with increasing blood vessel distance from the left ventricle. G. remains approximately constant regardless of blood vessel distance from the left ventricle. H. ϐ‹”•– ‹…”‡ƒ•‡•ǡ –Š‡ †‡…”‡ƒ•‡• ™‹–Š increasing blood vessel distance from the left ventricle. J. is highest in blood vessels with the greatest relative total surface area.