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Comparing and contrasting alternative viewpoints — ACT practice questions
Comparing and contrasting alternative viewpoints on the ACT Science test asks students to read competing explanations of the same phenomenon and keep each author's claims, assumptions, and predicted results distinct. A student has to identify what the viewpoints share, where they diverge, and which author would support or reject a given statement or new result. Questions typically name the scientists or students in the stem and ask who would agree, how one would interpret the other's data, or which finding would weaken a particular view. Answer choices often pair a named viewpoint with a claim, and a common trap is assigning a detail to the wrong author.
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