A.THE WORD PREPONDERATED MEANS TOOK OVER ORMEAN WRITTEN INFORMATION...

8. a.The word preponderated means took over ormean written information; there may be text, figures,predominated. In line 59 the word over placedcharts, diagrams, tables, or any combination of these.after preponderated is your clue, along withSpecifically, you will be asked to:the context of the sentence.

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read and understand scatter plots, graphs,tables, diagrams, charts, figures, etc.

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interpret scatter plots, graphs, tables, diagrams,

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charts, figures, etc.

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compare and interpret information presentedThe ACT, like the SAT, is a college entrance exam takenin scatter plots, graphs, tables, diagrams, charts,by high school students. It consists of four separatefigures, etc.

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draw conclusions about the information

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Lesson 17: Judgment Calls.Any time youprovidedmake an inference, you are testing your abilityto make sound judgment calls. This lesson will

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make predictions about the dataalso help you to evaluate the consequences of

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develop hypotheses based on the datapossible solutions.

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Lesson 18: Explanations.You will be asked toUsing This Book to Prepare forchoose the best answer from a field of four.the ExamThis lesson shows you what makes a valid,

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Lessons 1 and 2: Recognizing and Definingsound explanation. When you understand this,Problems.These lessons will help you to zeroyou will better be able to make the correctin on the precise problems presented in Con-selection.flicting Viewpoint passages.

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Lesson 3: Focused Observation.Knowing howto concentrate and approach a problem thor-PracticeIs Pluto a Planet?oughly is critical, because not only are youScientist 1expected to arrive at the correct answer, butBased on perturbations in Neptune’s orbit, theyou must record it in a relatively short period.search for a ninth planet was conducted and Pluto

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Lesson 4: Graphic Organizers.You won’t needwas discovered in 1930. Pluto orbits the Sun just asto construct graphic organizers, but you willthe other eight planets do, it has a moon, Charon,have to interpret them. Understanding howand a stable orbit. Based on its distance from theinformation fits into charts, maps, and outlinesSun, Pluto should be grouped with the planetswill help you to make sense of, and draw con-known as gas giants. In addition, Pluto, like theclusions about, them.planet Mercury, has little or no atmosphere. Pluto is

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Lesson 9: Persuasion Techniques.This lessondefinitely not a comet because it does not have a tailwill be most useful when dealing with Conflict-like a comet when it is near the Sun. Pluto is also noting Viewpoints. It explains how persuasivean asteroid, although its density is closer to an aster-arguments work. Having this knowledge willoid than to any of the other planets. Pluto is a planethelp you to be better able to analyze them.because it has been classified as one for more than

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Lesson 10: Misusing Information: The Num-sixty years since its discovery.bers Game.As with lesson 4, you will gain anScientist 2understanding of how numbers are used andPluto should no longer be classified as a planet basedmisused. Many questions are designed to eval-on new evidence that has come to light in the last fewuate how good your skills in this area are.years. When Pluto was first discovered, nothing was

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Lessons 12 and 14: Deductive and Inductiveknown about its orbit or its composition. Pluto hasReasoning.These lessons cover the structure ofan orbit that is not in the same plane as the otherlogical arguments, which lead to the drawing ofplanets (i.e., it is tilted) and its orbit is more eccen-conclusions, and, with inductive logic, thetric, or elongated than any other planet’s orbit. Plutodevelopment of hypotheses.orbits the Sun in the outer solar system, and soshould be similar in size and composition to the gasgiants, but it is not. Pluto lacks the rings that all