On the enhanced ACT introduced in 2025, the Science section is:

Optional, like the Writing section

What happens to your score if you answer an ACT Science question wrong rather than leaving it blank?

Nothing extra; wrong answers and blanks both score zero

Science reasoning: interpreting data, understanding experiments, and evaluating conclusions

A handful (about five to eight)

A weak Science score cannot lower your Composite, because Science is excluded from it

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On the enhanced ACT introduced in 2025, the Science section is:
How many questions and minutes are in the enhanced ACT Science section?
On the enhanced ACT, the Composite score is the average of which sections?
When a student takes Science, the score is combined with which section to form the STEM score?
What happens to your score if you answer an ACT Science question wrong rather than leaving it blank?
ACT Science primarily measures:
Which is the largest of the three ACT Science reporting categories?
A question asks you to read the dissolved oxygen value at 20 degrees Celsius from Figure 1. Which reporting category is this?
Roughly how many ACT Science questions per test genuinely require basic outside (high-school) knowledge?
Which statement about taking the optional Science section is true?
What is the most important first step in deciding whether to take the optional Science section?
A student wants to leave a 4-minute review buffer in the 40-minute enhanced Science section. About how long can they spend per question while answering all 40?