SAT Practice Questions

The authors imply that the response of various officials to attempts to measure their countries’ carbon stock through field surveys has been

The authors' central claim in the passage is that

In the first paragraph, the words “disrobed,” “unveiling” and “deconstructed” primarily serve to

The data in the graph support the authors' point in paragraph five (lines 49-60) about the uses of LiDAR by

Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

It can reasonably be inferred from the graph that

The information from the graph best supports the claim that the carbon biomass of the three forests depicted is most disparate at

The authors use the phrase “ground “Truth” with a capital “T”” (lines 53- 54) in order to

As used in line 44, “translate” most nearly means

Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

As used in line 15, “flagging” most nearly means

Based on the passage, SIRT-3 and SIRT-4 indirectly affect cell longevity by

The author’s use of the words “powerhouse” and “batteries” in the second paragraph serves mainly to

The author indicates that caloric reduction extends the life of a mammalian cell by

It can reasonably be inferred from the graph that, 30 months into the study,

Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

The main purpose of the fifth paragraph (lines 29-35) is to

The author implies that the results of Sinclair’s study will enable future scientists to

How does the information in the graph relate to the author’s claim that caloric reduction increases the longevity of mammalian cells?

The main purpose of the graph is to

Which of the following types of evidence is relied upon in passage 1 but not in passage 2?

Over the course of passage 1, the main focus shifts from

In the first paragraph of passage 2, the use of the words “mischief,” “clever,” and “fooled” serves mainly to

The authors of passage 1 and passage 2 would likely agree about which of the following characteristics of mental time travel?

The author of passage 2 indicates that Santino’s use of episodic memory is most evidenced by his

The author of passage 1 would likely use which of the following terms to describe Santino’s ability to recall past events?

Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

It can reasonably be inferred from passage 1 that, in humans, the existence of mental time travel is

According to passage 2, which choice best summarizes the relationship between episodic and semantic memory?

Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

As used in line 11, “pivotal” most nearly means

The third-largest category represents amphibians that are classified as

Frogs have been studied more than other amphibians because

Information from the graph and the passage suggests that the second- largest category includes most of the world’s

The main idea of the first two paragraphs is that amphibians

The phrase “globally threatened” (line 51) primarily serves to

Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

The graph supports the statement in the last paragraph about the evaluation completed in 2004 by

Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

The author discusses the thermal conformity of amphibians in order to

As used in line 9, “compelling” most nearly means

The author implies that the study of frogs and other amphibians is especially important because these species

The author acknowledges that the study leaves which question unanswered?

As used in line 35, “locus” most nearly means

Based on the passage, the main significance of ‘jumping genes” to the study is that they

Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

Which choice best explains the author’s view of the study’s results?

The scientists who conducted the study claim that the South American opossum

What effect does the word “murky” (line 6) have on the tone of the passage?

What does the study of retroposed elements mainly indicate about marsupials in South America and Australia?

Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

The author uses the information in the paragraph 5 (lines 28-38) mainly to

The main contrast the author draws between ‘jumping genes” and viruses is in terms of their

The averaged results for sessions 1-8 as shown in the chart reveal that

Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

In the fourth paragraph, the phrase “sameness and differentness” primarily serves to

Which statement can be reasonably inferred from the information in the passage and the graph?

Based on the authors’ initial explanation of the analogical matching task, a sample pair with a triangle and a square would most correctly …

The information from the chart best supports the authors’ claim that the crows

As used in line 2, “strong” most nearly means

It can be reasonably inferred that a key difference between the two parts of the study done by Ed Wasserman and his colleagues is that the …

The discussion of animals’ ability to apply a learned skill in various testing scenarios suggests that some animals

Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

The main purpose of the passage is to

The author includes a quote from Guido Risaliti (lines 45-49) most likely to

In designing their study, the scientists most probably thought of Einstein's theory of gravity as

The main purpose of the passage is to

Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

What effect does the word “monsters” (line 45) have on the tone of the passage?

Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

The passage makes the most extensive use of which type of evidence?

As used in line 39, “tremendous” most nearly means

According to the passage, gas clouds are relevant to the field of black hole science due to the

The best restatement of the author’s view of the study’s findings is that the author

Which best describes the roles played in the study by NuSTAR and XMM- Newton?

Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

The author of the passage would most likely agree with which perspective on interleaving?

Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

According to data in the figures, what was the average percent accuracy of students’ performance on practice problems when the problems wer…

In the second paragraph (lines 10-20) the references to the pianist and the tennis player primarily illustrate

Data in the figures indicate that on average, students were most accurate at solving

The main effect of the words "adage" (line 1) and "age-old" (line 4) is to

As used in line 50, “yields” most nearly means

Over the course of the passage, the main focus shifts from

Data in the figures best support which idea about interleaving presented in the passage?

It can reasonably be inferred from the passage that most researchers interested in skills acquisition are

Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

In line 6, the phrase “paper-thin” is most clearly used to indicate that

As used in line 19, “old” most nearly means

A main purpose of the questions in the first paragraph is to

Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

Based on the passage, the researchers who conducted the 2003 study have which perspective on reading on paper versus reading on screens?

The main purpose of the second paragraph (lines 7-18) is to

It can reasonably be inferred from the passage that experts consider which of the following to play an important role in learning?

The main purpose of lines 32-36 (“Psychologists... information”) is to

Based on the passage, which evidence would most severely undermine the proposed explanation for the differences in performance between grou…

Over the course of the passage, the main focus shifts from

Which finding reflected in the graph is NOT explained by the information in passage?

Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

According to the graph, the probability of wing closure for a bird with a 29-cm wingspan traversing a 28-cm gap is approximately