<p>So does anybody have a list of the fundamental science concepts that you must know for the ACT? (As the ACT is increasingly requiring students to have some bit of prior knowledge for some (only some, not too many) of the questions, I thought it would be helpful to compile a list.)</p>
<p>You don’t need to know any fundamental science concepts to 36 the science section of the ACT, though it might help.</p>
<p>If there’s ANYTHING I would recommend studying, it would lean more toward things like direct variables, indirect variables, the scientific theory, etc.</p>
<p>Learning facts from any of the hard sciences (physics, chemistry, biology, geology, etc.) is virtually useless because rarely will one find EXACTLY what he/she studied on the ACT, and even if they do, the questions will be more experiment-based.</p>
<p>No necessary concepts usually. A little chemistry can help, Allele biology tables (come up here and there), and I’ve once seen a heriditary chart. It would help to know how to read them, you learn that in biology in 9th grade.</p>
<p>I 36’d the ACT with only have taken NY State-level biology and chemistry. I found the physics stuff was easily understandable, though. Knowing some things actually will help though. Like the fact that about 70% of the air is nitrogen, that came up on my ACT and people on this board interpreted the question’s answer to have to do with something else.</p>