Understanding Science Vocabulary From Context
Science passages are full of words most people have never used in conversation: nocturnal, herbivore, rigid, permeable. It is easy to freeze when you hit one. But here is something that takes a lot of pressure off the science test: you almost never need to know these words ahead of time. The passage usually tells […]
Main Ideas vs. Supporting Details in Science
Once you can spot the main idea of a science passage, the next skill is telling it apart from the details that hold it up. This sounds small, but it decides a surprising number of science-test questions. The test often asks things like “Which detail best supports the idea that…?” or “Which sentence is a […]
