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Contemporary's GED Science
Robert Mitchell


Practice Test Correlations

The following correlation charts contain a breakdown of skills on the GED Science Test and their corresponding questions in Contemporary's Assessment Program for the GED and the Official GED Practice Tests. Locate the questions your students missed on the appropriate chart to determine the skills they need to review before taking the actual GED Test. With each skill are page references to the corresponding instructional content in GED Science. See Contemporary's GED Instructor Resource Binder for correlations to other Contemporary materials.

Assessment Program for the GED


Content Area

Form
CD1

Form CD2

Form CP1

Form CP2

Pages

PHYSICAL SCIENCE
  • Structure of atoms
  • Structure and properties of matter
  • Chemical reactions
  • Motion and forces
  • Conservation of energy and the increase in disorder
  • Interactions of energy and matter
4, 5, 6, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 30, 38, 39, 43, 45, 48, 49, 504, 5, 7, 9, 12, 13, 14, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 40, 473, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 17, 23, 252, 4, 6, 7, 14, 15, 20, 23, 24255–336
LIFE SCIENCE
  • Cells
  • Molecular basis of heredity
  • Biological evolution
  • Interdependence of organisms
  • Matter, energy, and organization in living systems
  • Behavior of organisms
1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 29, 31, 35, 36, 37, 42, 471, 2, 3, 8, 10, 11, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 25, 36, 37, 38, 41, 42, 43, 44, 48, 49, 501, 2, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 22, 243, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 19, 21, 22, 25155–254
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE
  • Energy in the Earth system
  • Geochemical cycles
  • Origin and evolution of the Earth system
  • Origin and evolution of the universe
7, 8, 9, 32, 33, 34, 40, 41, 44, 466, 15, 17, 20, 28, 33, 35, 39, 45, 466, 7, 8, 18, 211, 9, 16, 17, 18337–385
CONCEPTS AND PROCESSES IN SCIENCE
  • Systems, order, and organization
  • Evidence, models, and explanation
  • Constancy, change, and measurement
  • Evolution and equilibrium
  • Form and function
1, 2, 3, 14, 1531, 37, 478, 101127–48
SCIENCE AS INQUIRY
  • Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
  • Understandings about scientific inquiry
21, 29, 32, 477, 42, 445, 25249–94
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  • Abilities of technological design
  • Understandings about science and technology
18, 38, 394, 5, 24, 32, 38, 49, 50224, 17, 20, 23, 2495–114
SCIENCE IN PERSONAL AND SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES
  • Personal and community health
  • Population growth
  • Natural resources
  • Environmental quality
  • Natural and human-induced hazards
  • Science and technology in local, national, and global challenges
13, 37, 44, 5016, 30, 35, 4615, 18, 199, 12, 13115–138
HISTORY AND NATURE OF SCIENCE
  • Science as a human endeavor
  • Nature of scientific knowledge
  • Historical perspectives
22, 28, 40, 4134, 39, 414, 21--------139–155

Official Practice Tests


Content Area

Form PA

Form PB

Form PC

Form PD

Form PE

Pages

PHYSICAL SCIENCE
  • Structure of atoms
  • Structure and properties of matter
  • Chemical reactions
  • Motion and forces
  • Conservation of energy and the increase in disorder
  • Interactions of energy and matter
11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 241, 3, 5, 8, 9, 11, 22, 231, 2, 9, 10, 14, 18, 20, 21, 222, 3, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 202, 3, 5, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14255–336
LIFE SCIENCE
  • Cells
  • Molecular basis of heredity
  • Biological evolution
  • Interdependence of organisms
  • Matter, energy, and organization in living systems
  • Behavior of organisms
2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 20, 21, 232, 7, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 213, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 17, 23, 245, 7, 8, 12, 16, 18, 21, 23, 251, 6, 7, 8, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 25155–254
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE
  • Energy in the Earth system
  • Geochemical cycles
  • Origin and evolution of the Earth system
  • Origin and evolution of the universe
1, 3, 5, 254, 6, 18, 24, 254, 13, 16, 19, 251, 4, 19, 22, 244, 10, 17, 21, 23337–385
CONCEPTS AND PROCESSES IN SCIENCE
  • Systems, order, and organization
  • Evidence, models, and explanation
  • Constancy, change, and measurement
  • Evolution and equilibrium
  • Form and function
1, 2, 152114, 15, 22181927–48
SCIENCE AS INQUIRY
  • Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
  • Understandings about scientific inquiry
13, 17, 19, 228, 10, 2319, 232, 2322, 2549–94
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  • Abilities of technological design
  • Understandings about science and technology
20, 241, 39, 24242195–114
SCIENCE IN PERSONAL AND SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES
  • Personal and community health
  • Population growth
  • Natural resources
  • Environmental quality
  • Natural and human-induced hazards
  • Science and technology in local, national, and global challenges
217, 9, 2417, 203, 11, 14, 17, 222, 3, 15, 16115–138
HISTORY AND NATURE OF SCIENCE
  • Science as a human endeavor
  • Nature of scientific knowledge
  • Historical perspectives
25--------132011, 17139–155