Today’s ACT science question involves two steps: reading the provided text and reading charts. This is just slightly more complicated than the questions that ask us to read data out of charts.

In this experiment, a stick has been placed in the ground. The student who placed the stick then measures the stick’s shadow length and direction at various times over several days.

The question: When the Sun is at an altitude 45° above the horizon, a vertical object will cast a shadow with a length equal to the object’s height. Which of the following days included a measurement taken when the Sun was at an altitude of 45° ? Continue reading →