GED® Science Most Missed Indicator Code Skill Overview Description Example or Additional Details SC.3.a Pull specific evidence from a written source to support a finding or conclusion Given a passage that presents a description of an experiment or a summary of findings of an investigation, students should be able to • identify and cite evidence from the passage that supports the finding or conclusion Evidence could consist of a variety of elements, including data, quotations from experts, illustrative examples, etc. Evidence is something that tends to prove or disprove something -- it is different from details or reasoning. SC.6.c Express scientific information or findings in words When provided with scientific information in one form, students should be able to "translate" that information into another form This particular practice focuses on information that is presented numerically (e.g., in a table) or visually (e.g., in some graphical format) into words and sentences. Examples might be to explain in words a relationship that is expressed graphically or in a scientific equation. SC.7.a Understand and apply scientific models, theories, and processes When provided with background information on common biological, chemical, or physical processes, students should be able to • complete the description by providing any missing information or to identify relationships among concepts that are described in the background passage Examples of the foundational models and theories would include things like Newton's laws of motion, the law of conservation of energy, the structure of DNA, the origin of the universe (the "Big Bang"), the structure of the earth, plate tectonics, particle-wave theory, etc. These theories are "big ideas" in science rather than specialized or esoteric principles or processes. Students who possess some background knowledge in these
Include descriptions of data collection how the farmer will determine whether his hypothesis is correct Prompt: Experiment Analysis Do What Use data from the chart and table Explain whether Dr. Nefario’s conclusion about the Gru satellite is correct Pg. 11-12 Coal Slurry Storage and Health Effects: Draw a Conclusion Of the eight substances shown in the table, six show large increases in the period from 2008 to 2011: Mercury Arsenic 4-Chloroaniline Barium Cadmium Antimony This supports the view that coal slurry dumping in abandoned mine shafts caused an increase in harmful substances in the ground water which may be impacting local residents’ health. Pg. 13 It’s All About the Evidence Part 2 Three major global surface temperature reconstructions show that Earth has warmed a great deal since 1880. The 20 warmest years in history have occurred since 1981 with 10 of the 12 warmest occurring in the past 12 years. A warmer Earth causes more ice to melt and flow into seas causing sea levels to rise. The increased runoff has caused Earth’s seas to rise by an average of 3.4 mm per year. The warming Earth also affects ice, glaciers, and snow cover. The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets have decreased in mass. Greenland’s ice sheet lost 36 to 60 cubic miles of ice per year between 2002 and 2006, while Antarctica’s sheet lost 36 cubic miles of ice between 2002 and 2005. Glaciers in the Alps, Himalayas, Rockies, and Alaska have shrunk by an average of one percent per year over the past 20 years due to increased temperatures. Over the past 50 years, the snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere has decreased by 10 percent. Scientists have also observed that the spring snow cover melts an average of two weeks earlier today than it did in 1965.