PreACT Exam Prep - Question List

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1. Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

The North Vietnamese and supportive rebel communists in South Vietnam, called the Viet Cong, started fighting.
  1. Vietnam, called the Viet Cong, started
  2. Vietnam; called the Viet Congstarted
  3. Vietnam: called the Viet Cong, started
  4. Vietnam called the Viet Cong - started
2. Which of the following elements is most easily oxidized?
  1. Nitrogen
  2. Fluorine
  3. Lithium
  4. Neon
  5. Sulfur
3. People perceive sound differently in air than they do under water. Which of the following correctly compares the motion of sound waves in air and in water?
  1. Sound waves travel faster in air than in water.
  2. Sound waves travel slower in air than in water.
  3. Sound waves travel in air but do not travel in water.
  4. Sound waves travel at the same speed in air and in water.
4. Which of the following is not a property of water?
  1. High surface tension
  2. Hydrophilic
  3. Good solvent
  4. Density as a solid is higher than its density as a liquid
  5. Naturally occurs in all three states of matter
5. A hockey player swings her hockey stick and strikes a puck. According to Newton’s third law of motion, which of the following is a reaction to the stick pushing on the puck?
  1. the puck pushing on the stick
  2. the stick pushing on the player
  3. the player pushing on the stick
  4. the puck pushing on the player

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