Science - University Practice
Select a topic to practice. Each topic contains exams organized by difficulty level: easy, medium, and hard.
This section measures your ability to interpret, analyze, and evaluate scientific information. It does not test specific science facts — instead, it presents data, experiments, and conflicting viewpoints, then asks you to reason through them using critical thinking skills.
Each passage includes charts, tables, graphs, experiment descriptions, or scientist viewpoints that you must analyze to answer the questions.
What skills are tested?
- Data Representation (30-40%): Reading and interpreting graphs, tables, and charts. Identify trends, compare data points, and draw conclusions.
- Research Summaries (45-55%): Understanding experimental design, identifying variables, analyzing results, and predicting outcomes.
- Conflicting Viewpoints (15-20%): Comparing hypotheses, identifying where scientists agree or disagree, and evaluating argument strength.
No advanced science knowledge is required. Everything you need is provided in the passage and its data.
How to practice?
- Practice reading data quickly: Extract key information from tables and graphs efficiently.
- Focus on trends: Look for patterns rather than memorizing specific values.
- Identify variables first: Always find the independent variable, dependent variable, and controls before answering.
- Use the data, not your knowledge: Base answers on what the passage provides.
Start with easy sets and progress to harder ones as your skills improve.
Scientific Reasoning and Data Literacy
Modern university admission increasingly tests scientific reasoning - reading charts, interpreting experiments, evaluating competing hypotheses. This section gives you 40 questions in 35 minutes built around data tables, research summaries, and conflicting-viewpoints passages. You rarely need outside science knowledge: the evidence is inside the passage.
How to Practice Effectively
Conflicting Viewpoints passages are the hardest for most students because they test reading and argumentation, not graph reading. Practice those first. For data-heavy passages, train yourself to find the specific row or trend quickly instead of reading the full table. AI tutor Dani walks through the reasoning on every question, which is the fastest way to build a repeatable approach for any English-language science reasoning section.