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Comparing and interpreting results across experiments — ACT practice questions
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What this topic is
Many ACT Science passages describe several related experiments, and Comparing and interpreting results across experiments asks how their results fit together.
Each experiment usually changes one condition, so comparing them shows that condition's effect. A question might ask which experiments differ in only one variable, or whether a pattern seen in an earlier experiment held when a second variable changed. Data from separate tables often have to be lined up by a shared condition.
Wrong choices compare experiments that differ in more than one way, or apply a conclusion from one setup to another where conditions changed. Noting what stays constant in each experiment before reading the questions saves time.
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More ACT topics
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- Reading values from tables, graphs, and diagrams
- Recognizing relationships and trends in data
- Interpolation and extrapolation
- Translating between tables and graphs
- Experimental design, tools, and procedures
- Identifying controls, variables, and hypotheses
- Predicting and extending experiments
- Summarizing competing hypotheses/theories
- Comparing and contrasting alternative viewpoints
- Evaluating support for each viewpoint
- Reasoning mathematically about data
- Judging validity / evaluating hypotheses
- Formulating evidence-supported conclusions
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