ACT practice test

Street trees can reduce heat exposure by shading sidewalks. A city survey found lower surface temperatures beneath mature tree canopies than on adjacent unshaded pavement.

Leena packed the polished plates first. The cracked blue cup went into a separate box, wrapped twice. She remembered her father placing paintbrushes in it on the afternoon he first showed her how to mix a sky from two colors.

I expected a dull day sorting donated books at the station bookstore. The tall windows lit a room full of conversations: travelers traded stories, and volunteers matched books to destinations. By closing time, I was asking for a second shift.

My uncle was reserved. When I won the scholarship, he said only, “Well done.” Later I found that he had framed the certificate himself.

The moving van disappeared around the corner. I placed the key in the agent’s envelope, then rested my hand for a moment on the gate I had painted every spring.

Author A: Short agendas keep meetings focused and make decisions faster. Author B: Agendas help, but informal conversation can expose problems that no one thought to put on the schedule.

Researchers observed more moths near one lamp than another. They propose that the lamps’ different wavelengths, rather than their brightness, account for the difference.

Fertilizer per pot | Mean plant height after 4 weeks 0 g | 12 cm 4 g | 19 cm 8 g | 16 cm All groups had the same light, water, and plant variety.

A researcher placed equal volumes of water in identical beakers at 20°C, 40°C, and 60°C. Salt was added to each until no more dissolved, and the dissolved mass was measured.

Time (min) | Temperature (°C) 0 | 20 10 | 23 20 | 29 30 | 30

Scientist 1 says longer days trigger flowering in a plant. Scientist 2 says warmer temperatures are responsible. In spring, both day length and temperature increase together.