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Scientific-method questions on ACT Science

October 6, 2026 · 5 min read

A scientific-method question asks how the experiment was built: what changed, what was measured, what was held still, why a control existed. Design as a broader topic is in experimental design.

The four labels

Independent versus dependent is in independent versus dependent variables. Controls are in control groups.

You usually do not need the graph for these. The intro or the methods sentence is enough, in when there is no locator.

The bottom line

What they changed, what they measured, what they left alone. That is the method.

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