Cracking the SAT Chemistry Subject Test

STRATEGY #5: REPHRASE THE QUESTION (TYPE A AND C QUESTIONS) In the questions seen in Parts A and C on ...

So, What About It? When you learn something, whether it’s chemistry or anything else, you tend to le ...

Which of the following best describes the characteristics of an element? (A) It is capable of existing in rel ...

(B) Average speed of gas molecules (C) Molecular weight of gas molecules (D) Volume of gas sample (E) Volatility You kn ...

Here’s the Good News: You Can Rephrase It Yourself To avoid the trap, keep some simple rules in mind. • ...

. (B) average speed of gas molecules It’s the speed at which gas molecules are moving around ...

affected by the addition of heat? (B) does—it says that the average speed of gas molecules increases as h ...

STRATEGY #6: AVOIDING THE TEMPTATION TRAP Suppose we gave this question to a seven-year-old: Which of the ...

A lot. The temptation trap usually rears its head on questions from Parts A and C of the exam. On th ...

of solution. The right answer is A, and you knew it, but you might not have chosen it. Why? Because panic led ...

STRATEGY #7: DIVIDE AND CONQUER Let’s take another look at the instructions to Part B. Directions: Each q ...

Cover Up! When dealing with Part B questions, it often helps to cover up the statement you’re not looking at ...

Step 2: Look at statement II by itself. Is it true or false? It’s true. We fill in the secon ...

Notice that if either statement I or statement II is false, then there can be no cause-and-effect relat ...

STRATEGY #8: PROCESS OF ELIMINATION We saved the best for last! Process of Elimination (or POE ...

POE in Practice The Process of Elimination (POE for short) enables you to make your guesses really count. Inco ...

specific question types. Letter of the Day Which makes more sense—guessing the same letter every time ...

LET’S GET GOING In Chapters 3 through 14 , we’ll teach you chemistry with our own special t ...

Chapter 3 Some Basic Stuff Some of the questions that appear early in each part of the SAT ...

MASS Think about a sample of any type of matter, whether it’s a hunk of solid, a glass of liquid, or a ...