ACT ASPIRE

Science
TEST PREP
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Name_____________________________ Date___________________ Class______________

Belle loves butterflies. She made a butterfly flower garden and planted flowers she thought
would attract butterflies. She planted pink lantana, orange marigolds and yellow coneflowers.
Belle wanted to invite some of her friends over to see her butterfly garden. She wanted to make
sure she picked a time for them to visit when the most butterflies would be present. Belle
decided to observe her flowers for a week and keep track of how many butterflies visited the
garden at different times of the day. She put all of the data she collected in the chart below.
Number of Butterflies Counted in Belle’s Flower Garden

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesda Thursday Friday Saturday

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8:00 A.M– 8:59 A.M. 7 7 5 6 7 4 8

9:00 A.M– 9:59 A.M. 9 10 12 8 9 11 9

10:00 A.M– 10:59 A.M. 11 10 14 11 10 11 12

11:00 A.M – 11:59 A.M 11 10 13 12 11 13 12

12:00 P.M – 1:59 P.M 12 14 14 13 15 14 13

1:00 P.M – 12:59 P.M 15 18 16 16 17 18 17

2:00 P.M –2:59 P.M 19 17 20 18 20 22 18

1. During which day of the week and at what time interval were the most butterflies counted?
On Friday at 2:00 P.M - 2:59 P.M the most butterflies were counted.
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2. During which day of the week and at what time interval were the least butterflies counted?
On Friday at 8:00 A.M - 8:59 A.M the least butterflies were counted.
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3. What was the range for this group of data for the whole week?

The range is 18.

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4. Find the mean, median, mode and range for all of the butterflies that visited the garden on

Wednesday. (round to the nearest whole number)

12
Mean _________ 12
Median _________ none
Mode ___________Range 12
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 Belle decided she would find the average number of butterflies for each time interval. She made
a chart to display the information. She then took the data from the chart and made a bar graph.

Average Number of Butterflies

20

15
Average
10 Number of
Butterflies
5

0
8:00 - 8:59 9:00 - 9:59 10:00 - 10:59 11:00 - 11:59 12:00 - 12:59 1:00 -1:59 2:00 - 2:59
A.M A.M A.M A.M P.M P.M P.M

4. According to the bar graph, what time of day would Belle and her friends see the most
At 2:00 P.M - 2:59 P.M Belle and her friends would see the most butterflies.
butterflies? _______________________

5. Would Belle’s data be more or less reliable if she continued this experiment for another
week? Explain

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No, it would be more reliable if she continued the experiment for another week because it would give her more info to go off
of.
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6. Before making her observations Bella hypothesized that there would be more butterflies
visiting the garden in the morning because it would be cooler. Does the data support her
hypothesis? Cite evidence to support your answer.

No, according to the graph it is quite the contrary.

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7. Which of the following is a true statement about the data?

A. After 9:00 A.M at least 15 butterflies visit the garden each hour.
B. Each butterfly only comes to the garden once each day.
C. The number of butterflies visiting the garden between 2:00 and 2:59 is more than
double the number visiting from 8:00 to 8:59.
D. Butterflies stay in the garden more than an hour at a time.

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Belle wants to figure out flower butterflies prefer. She hypothesized that butterflies would be
more attracted to the pink Lantana because they would stand out against the surrounding green
grass. She took notes on which flowers the butterflies landed on first. She created a chart to
organize her data. She then used the chart to create a bar graph.

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Lantana 22 30 18 27 18 30 22
Marigolds 35 28 32 25 29 33 23
Coneflowers 27 28 44 32 42 30 44

NUMBER OF BUTTERFLIES LANDING ON EACH FLOWER FIRST

50
45
40
35
30
Lantana
25
Marigolds
20
Coneflowers
15
10
5
0
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Tuesday or Thursday
8. Which day did the least number of butterflies land on the lantana flowers? ___________
Sunday
9. Which day did the marigolds have the highest number of butterflies? _______________

10. Which day did the marigolds and coneflowers have the same number of butterflies?
Monday
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11. Which day were there twice as many butterflies on the coneflowers than there were on the
Saturday
lantana? ______________________________________________

12. Was Belle’s hypothesis about the lantana correct? Use evidence from the chart and table to
support your answer.
It was false, it was the last on the graph with the coneflower at the top.
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