SAT Practice Questions

In context, the final paragraph (lines 54-62) primarily serves to

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

Based on the discussion of the experiment, which of the following would most likely be very similar for a bird with 29-cm wingspan and a bi…

The questions in lines 7-11 primarily serve to

As used in line 26, “stable” most nearly means

According to the graph, which statement about birds with a 31-cm wingspan is true?

Based on the passage, what can be inferred about birds’ flight behavior in natural settings?

As used in line 12, “assess” most nearly means

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

The author’s central claim about laterality is that it

Which choice best supports the answer to the previous question?

As used in lines 5, “preferentially” most nearly means

According to the passage, lateralized behavior is mainly linked to

The main purpose of the passage is to

Which of the following would provide the best support for the author’s assertion about school position in the last paragraph?

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

One central idea in the passage is that

The author implies that schooling fish make excellent candidates for laterality studies because hemispheric preference

The author includes specific examples in the second and third paragraphs (lines 20-35) most likely to

What does the author imply about viruses in paragraph five?

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

The author implies that viruses are not considered living primarily because they are not

The author uses the information in lines 48-49 mainly to support the assertion that

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

The "rock," line 29, primarily serves to provide an example of an item that

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

The words "emergent," line 44, and "verge," line 48, in paragraph five primarily serve to

The main purpose of the passage is to

As used in line 7, “profoundly” most nearly means

Which choice best describes the author’s tone in describing the research described in paragraph six?

The word “Now” (line 5) primarily serves to

“Promising” (line 16) most closely means

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

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

The author implies that research into the uses of salicylic acid to prevent phytoplasma infections

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

Which choice best describes the author’s attitude towards potential uses of salicylic acid in agriculture?

The author mentions willow trees in order to

The author uses the information in lines 49-51 mainly to support the assertion that

It can be reasonably inferred that the study discussed in the passage was

The main purpose of the sixth paragraph (lines 40-51) is to

What main effect do the phrases “paradigm shift” (line 8) and “tilt that equation” (lines 49-50) have on the meaning of the passage?

According to the last paragraph of the passage, the composition of the atmosphere of early Mars would look most like which of the two graph…

As used in line 30, “seized on” most nearly means

Which choice best supports the answer to the previous question?

According to the graphs, which of the following is more prevalent in Earth’s atmosphere today than 4.5 billion years ago?

Based on the passage, the significance of Jeffrey Bada’s experiment rests mainly on his success at

As used in line 45, “realism” most nearly means

How does the information in the second graph relate to the author’s description of the atmosphere on early Earth?

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

According to the the passage, the main problem with the Miller-Urey experiment was that

The main objection to Bada’s conclusion rests on the idea that

In Passage 1, the analogy to “revelers on a ship” (line 32) serves mainly to

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

Which choice best supports the answer to the previous question?

Based on Passage 1, which of the following choices suggests that the expansion of the universe is accelerating?

The authors of both passages would agree that intergalactic collisions

The author of Passage 1 claims that our galaxy and the Andromeda Galaxy will collide mainly because

As used in line 6, “attractive” most nearly means

Which type of evidence is used extensively in passage 2 but not in passage 1?

It can reasonably be inferred from Passage 2 that collisions throughout the universe

Compared with the tone of passage 2, passage 1 is more

In Passage 2, the situation described in paragraph 3 is most similar to

In the first paragraph of Passage 2, the reference to previous studies of human groups primarily serves to

Based on Passage 2, Crews and Gerber would most likely support all of the following applications of genetic profiling EXCEPT:

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

A central idea that is expressed in Passage 2 but not Passage 1 is that the human genome

As used in line 3, “ultimate” most nearly means

It can reasonably be inferred from Passage 1 that the information supplied by human genes is

The information in lines 39-41 (“There... groups”) primarily serves to

How would the author of Passage 2 most likely respond to the “history book” metaphor in Passage 1?

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

The authors of both passages would most likely agree that improvements in our knowledge of the human genome will

As used in lines 30-31, “paradoxical” most nearly means

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

It can most reasonably be inferred that many fruits and nuts initially began evolving in order to

According to the passage, why does fiber have a lower number of calories per gram than fats?

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

As used in lines 70 “harbor” most nearly means

One major claim that the author makes in the passage is that the traditional method of counting calories is

The discussion of vegetables in paragraph four, lines 34-46, primarily serves to

The author implies that in the future nutrition labels may

As used in line 48, the word “evade” most nearly means

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

The main purpose of the last paragraph is to

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

As used in line 16, “launch” most nearly means

As used in lines 35, “common” most nearly means

Which of the following is a main idea in Passage 1 but NOT in Passage 2?

The authors of both passages would likely agree that, in the field of evolutionary biology, genetic testing is

The author of Passage 2 includes a quote from Dr. Tim Heupink (lines 66-70) most likely to

According to the author of Passage 1, one of the reasons why dodo birds were so large is that they

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

It can reasonably be inferred from Passage 1 that, for most bird species, there is a certain size at which they

In explaining the evolutionary lineage of extinct birds, both authors make extensive use of which type of evidence?

In Passage 2, the image of a barcode mainly serves to

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

The authors imply that subjects who used the sequence learning method could not be forced or tricked into revealing their passwords because…

According to the passage, one explanation for the rise in final advantage as shown by the graph is that

As used in line 31, “serial” most nearly means