GED Science · EXAM GUIDEReviewed 2026-11-05
Original foundation practice for selected skills across three science domains.
GED Science: Exam Guide & Official Sources
Review the US GED Science format, then work through a daily plan for selected science reasoning skills.
Choose the comparison before judging the result
Build a fair comparison, then test whether the result can rule out a competing explanation.
Choose the comparison before judging the result
32 suggested minutes
- Read both linked lessons and try their transfer checks (16 min).
- Answer the six linked questions and use the feedback (16 min).
- Use the linked cards or application guide for optional review.
Completion: Explain one answer with its evidence and check that you attempted all six questions.
If you need another pass: Revisit the relevant worked example. Name the condition you missed before trying a new item.
Compare changes with the correct denominator
Use axis labels and interval boundaries to choose between a value, a change and a rate.
Compare changes with the correct denominator
32 suggested minutes
- Read both linked lessons and try their transfer checks (16 min).
- Answer the six linked questions and use the feedback (16 min).
- Use the linked cards or application guide for optional review.
Completion: Explain one answer with its evidence and check that you attempted all six questions.
If you need another pass: Revisit the relevant worked example. Name the condition you missed before trying a new item.
Decide how much an observation supports
A conclusion needs a matching measurement and an account of what might shift it.
Decide how much an observation supports
32 suggested minutes
- Read both linked lessons and try their transfer checks (16 min).
- Answer the six linked questions and use the feedback (16 min).
- Use the linked cards or application guide for optional review.
Completion: Explain one answer with its evidence and check that you attempted all six questions.
If you need another pass: Revisit the relevant worked example. Name the condition you missed before trying a new item.
Trace what changes through a system
Name what each arrow means and follow a change through one link at a time.
Trace what changes through a system
32 suggested minutes
- Read both linked lessons and try their transfer checks (16 min).
- Answer the six linked questions and use the feedback (16 min).
- Use the linked cards or application guide for optional review.
Completion: Explain one answer with its evidence and check that you attempted all six questions.
If you need another pass: Revisit the relevant worked example. Name the condition you missed before trying a new item.
Separate offspring probability from population change
A cross describes possible offspring genotypes. Population data show how common a trait is over time.
Separate offspring probability from population change
32 suggested minutes
- Read both linked lessons and try their transfer checks (16 min).
- Answer the six linked questions and use the feedback (16 min).
- Use the linked cards or application guide for optional review.
Completion: Explain one answer with its evidence and check that you attempted all six questions.
If you need another pass: Revisit the relevant worked example. Name the condition you missed before trying a new item.
Read motion and energy without mixing units
Use position, force and energy to answer different questions about the same system.
Read motion and energy without mixing units
32 suggested minutes
- Read both linked lessons and try their transfer checks (16 min).
- Answer the six linked questions and use the feedback (16 min).
- Use the linked cards or application guide for optional review.
Completion: Explain one answer with its evidence and check that you attempted all six questions.
If you need another pass: Revisit the relevant worked example. Name the condition you missed before trying a new item.
Keep a mass balance when matter changes form
A boundary tells you which material to count. Concentration adds a denominator.
Keep a mass balance when matter changes form
32 suggested minutes
- Read both linked lessons and try their transfer checks (16 min).
- Answer the six linked questions and use the feedback (16 min).
- Use the linked cards or application guide for optional review.
Completion: Explain one answer with its evidence and check that you attempted all six questions.
If you need another pass: Revisit the relevant worked example. Name the condition you missed before trying a new item.
Use matched comparisons in Earth and space science
Check which variables changed, which were shared and what your explanation predicts.
Use matched comparisons in Earth and space science
32 suggested minutes
- Read both linked lessons and try their transfer checks (16 min).
- Answer the six linked questions and use the feedback (16 min).
- Use the linked cards or application guide for optional review.
Completion: Explain one answer with its evidence and check that you attempted all six questions.
If you need another pass: Revisit the relevant worked example. Name the condition you missed before trying a new item.
The syllabus and your next lesson.
Life Science
- Plan a fair experiment
- Find a competing explanation
- Match a claim to the evidence
- Follow energy through a food web
- Trace stabilizing feedback
- Read a single-gene cross
- Explain a change in population composition
Physical Science
- Read graph values before comparing change
- Separate precision from accuracy
- Distinguish position, velocity and acceleration
- Keep an energy account
- Track mass across a boundary
- Use the final solution volume
Earth and Space Science
- Compare changes per unit of time
- Trace runoff and infiltration
- Use daylight evidence to explain seasons
Linked lessons cover selected foundations. Use the official syllabus to plan any topics beyond this pilot.
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Original foundation practice for selected skills across three science domains.
Four-option questions with feedback. Use official materials for the full range of item formats and pacing.
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