Victory for the ACT Student Text 15e

S CIENCE T EST M ECHANICS • 285

ANATOMY

DIRECTIONS: Š‡ ’ƒ••ƒ‰‡ „‡Ž‘™ ‹• ˆ‘ŽŽ‘™‡† „› •‡˜‡”ƒŽ ‹–‡•Ǥ ˆ–‡” ”‡ƒ†‹‰ –Š‡ ’ƒ••ƒ‰‡ǡ …Š‘‘•‡ –Š‡ „‡•– ƒ•™‡” –‘ ‡ƒ…Š ‹–‡Ǥ ‘— ƒ› ”‡ˆ‡” –‘ –Š‡ ’ƒ••ƒ‰‡ ƒ• ‘ˆ–‡ ƒ• ‡…‡••ƒ”›Ǥ You are NOT permitted the use of a calculator. PASSAGE I •–—†‡– •–—†‹‡† –Š‡ ’”‘…‡•• „› ™Š‹…Š ƒŽ‘†‘”œƒ‡ ‹• ’”‘†—…‡† „› Š‡ƒ–‹‰ ’”‘–‘…”—† ‹ ƒ …Ž‘•‡† •›•–‡ ƒ† –Š‡ ”‡Ž‡ƒ•‹‰ ‹– ‹–‘ –Š‡ •—””‘—†‹‰ ƒ–‘•’Š‡”‡Ǥ

Passage Perfect ‡‡„‡”ǡ ›‘— do not need to ‘™ ƒ›–Š‹‰ about particular chemicals or ‡“—ƒ–‹‘• –‘ …‘””‡…–Ž› ƒ•™‡” “—‡•–‹‘• Ž‹‡ –Š‹•Ǥ  ˆƒ…–ǡ ›‘— can replace the chemical name ™‹–Š ‹–• ϐ‹”•– Ž‡––‡” to avoid confusion and focus on the problem.

Experiment 1 Š‡…‘…‡–”ƒ–‹‘ ‘ˆ ƒŽ‘†‘”œƒ‡ ’”‘†—…‡† „› –Š‡ ’”‘–‘…”—† ƒ– ˜ƒ”‹‘—• –‡’‡”ƒ–—”‡• ™ƒ• ‡ƒ•—”‡† „› †‡–‡”‹‹‰ Š‘™ —…Š ƒ‡”‘•ƒ‹œ‡ ™ƒ• ‡‡†‡† –‘ ‡—–”ƒŽ‹œ‡ –Š‡ ƒŽ‘†‘”œƒ‡ ȋ ƒ„Ž‡ ͳȌǤ Now that you’ve read the directions, you don’t need to read them again, especially not during –Š‡ –‡•–Ǥ Š‡ ‘Ž› –Š‹‰ ‘ˆ ”‡ƒŽ •‹‰‹ϔ‹…ƒ…‡ ‹• –Šƒ– ›‘— —•‡ ›‘—”…ƒŽ…—Žƒ–‘” ‘ –Š‹• ’ƒ”–ǡ even though you might think it would be nice. But you should be able to remember that one point without re-reading the directions. In this Science passage, there is a single device and a series of tables that report data from the operation of the device. You’ll see examples of other types of passages later in the Science Lessons.

TABLE 1

Temperature of Protocrud

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