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Recognizing relationships and trends in data — ACT practice questions
On the ACT Science test, recognizing relationships and trends in data means using tables, graphs, and figures to see how measured quantities change together. A student must tell whether a variable rises, falls, or stays constant as another changes, then match that pattern to a conclusion. Questions point to a figure or table and ask what happens as one quantity increases or which statement the data support. Common traps include mixing up axes, pairing the wrong variables, treating an outlier as the trend, or assuming a cause when the passage only shows a correlation. Answer choices are short claims about increase, decrease, no clear trend, or a comparison between series.
- Section: Science 40 questions on the paper
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Science
- Reading values from tables, graphs, and diagrams
- Interpolation and extrapolation
- Translating between tables and graphs
- Experimental design, tools, and procedures
- Identifying controls, variables, and hypotheses
- Comparing and interpreting results across experiments
- 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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