Worked examples
Two examples
Example 1
A diagram drawn for this example.
According to the flowchart, which step comes immediately after the stomach?- A flowchart is read from the top, following the arrows in the direction they point.
- Find the box that says Stomach.
- Follow the one arrow leaving it, down to the next box: Small intestine.
- The large intestine also comes after the stomach, but it is two arrows away. “Immediately after” means the very next box.
Answer: Small intestine
Example 2
A diagram drawn for this example.
Salt water is more than one substance, and it is the same all the way through. Following the flowchart, where does it end up?- Start at the top and answer each question in turn. You follow only one branch.
- Is it made of only one substance? No: salt water is salt and water. Take the “No” arrow, to the right.
- Is it the same all the way through? Yes: once the salt dissolves, every drop is equally salty. Take the “Yes” arrow.
- That arrow ends at Solution.
- Reading the other branch by mistake, the one for single substances, would give compound or element. Answer the top question first; it decides the side.
Answer: Solution
Where this is taught: Look Again Quiz 4: Diagrams and Models
In your Kaplan book: Unit 4, Chapter 1, Lesson 1: Comprehend Scientific Presentations · Map of the Terrain, topic 4: Diagrams and models
The drill
Ten questions
How many:
Read what is in the box first, if there is one. Then tap your answer; a few questions ask you to choose words from a drop-down instead, the way the GED test does. Press Check my answers at the bottom.Read what is in the box first, if there is one. Circle your answer; where there are brackets, circle the choice that fits. The answer key, with the reasoning, is on the last page.