{"id":11461,"date":"2019-08-09T18:24:03","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T23:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grockit.com\/blog\/?p=11461"},"modified":"2020-09-11T20:41:27","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T20:41:27","slug":"whats-tested-dat-survey-natural-sciences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/dat\/whats-tested-dat-survey-natural-sciences\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#039;s Tested on the DAT: Survey of Natural Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Appearing\u00a0immediately after the DAT brief computer tutorial, the Survey of Natural Sciences (SNS) will be the first scored section you will see on your official DAT. As the longest section with the most breadth of content, the Survey of Natural Sciences initially can seem overwhelming. However, the first step is to understand what subtests the section contains and how you&#8217;ll approach each to finish the entire section on time. \u00a0From there, a strong understanding of exactly what content is tested\u2014and what is not\u2014will allow you to focus your studying exclusively on the topics that will earn you the most points on Test Day.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3    avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first  '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Survey of Natural Sciences Test Format<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\nThe Survey of Natural Sciences section contains the Biology,\u00a0General Chemistry, and Organic Chemistry subtests\u00a0for\u00a0a total of\u00a0100 questions that must be completed in 90 minutes. Questions 1\u201340 are always related to biology,\u00a0questions 41\u201370 are always related to general chemistry, and questions 71\u2013100 are always related\u00a0to organic chemistry. The content in each subtest does overlap in some areas (such as chemical\u00a0bonding, which is tested in both General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry), but the questions\u00a0always remain in three discrete groups, and you will receive separate scores for each subtest in\u00a0addition to your cumulative Survey of Natural Sciences score. Therefore, when you first begin\u00a0studying for the Survey of Natural Sciences, it\u2019s generally best to treat the section as three separate\u00a0tests and master each content area separately, except for those topics that obviously overlap.<br \/>\n<div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3    avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_iconlist  '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Survey of Natural Sciences Pacing<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\nOn Test Day you will be able to freely navigate among all 100 questions in the Survey of Natural\u00a0Sciences section. Time is shared for all three subtests, giving you an average of 54 seconds\u00a0per problem. Because the Survey of Natural Sciences is one long section, some test takers find\u00a0themselves overwhelmed by the need to keep track of time; there are so many questions yet\u00a0less than one minute for each. Therefore, you should not only study each subtest separately\u00a0but also consider each separately when managing the entire section.<br \/>\n<div  class='avia-icon-list-container   avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_sidebar '><ul class='avia-icon-list avia-icon-list-left av-iconlist-big avia_animate_when_almost_visible avia-iconlist-animate'>\n<li><div  class='iconlist_icon  avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='iconlist-char ' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue8b8' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/span><\/div><article class=\"article-icon-entry \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='iconlist_content_wrap'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h4 class='av_iconlist_title iconlist_title   '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Biology<\/h4><\/header><div class='iconlist_content  '  itemprop=\"text\"  ><p>Among the three subtests, you should complete Biology in the least amount of time since its\u00a0questions are mostly fact based and require few calculations. Spend 30 seconds or less on each\u00a0question to finish the Biology subtest within 20 minutes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><div class='iconlist-timeline'><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div  class='iconlist_icon  avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='iconlist-char ' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue8cd' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/span><\/div><article class=\"article-icon-entry \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='iconlist_content_wrap'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h4 class='av_iconlist_title iconlist_title   '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >General Chemistry<\/h4><\/header><div class='iconlist_content  '  itemprop=\"text\"  ><p>General Chemistry, which involves many more calculations and therefore more use of your scratch\u00a0work, will take the most time. You should average 75 seconds for each General Chemistry question,\u00a0which means the entire subtest will take you a total of 37.5 minutes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><div class='iconlist-timeline'><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div  class='iconlist_icon  avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='iconlist-char ' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue8d6' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/span><\/div><article class=\"article-icon-entry \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='iconlist_content_wrap'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h4 class='av_iconlist_title iconlist_title   '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Organic Chemistry<\/h4><\/header><div class='iconlist_content  '  itemprop=\"text\"  ><p>Organic Chemistry will be somewhere in the middle, with some questions that involve\u00a0drawing out reactions or complex figures taking longer and other questions that require just naming\u00a0or identifying molecules taking less time. With 60 seconds per question, you will be able to complete\u00a0this subtest\u00a0in 30 minutes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><div class='iconlist-timeline'><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><br \/>\nFollowing these guidelines will allow you to break down the Survey of Natural Sciences into more\u00a0reasonable pieces and give you a more realistic sense of how you\u2019re progressing through the section\u00a0than if you were to use the overall average of 54 seconds per question. If you stick to the guidelines closely, you\u2019ll also have 2.5 minutes left at the end of the section to review any questions\u00a0that you marked to return to later because they involved lengthy calculations or otherwise would\u00a0take too long to answer during your first pass through the section. By adhering to this pacing\u00a0strategy, you undoubtedly will find the timing of the Survey of Natural Sciences much\u00a0more reasonable than you previously thought.<br \/>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Appearing\u00a0immediately after the DAT brief computer tutorial, the Survey of Natural Sciences (SNS) will be the first scored section you will see on your official DAT. As the longest section with the most breadth of content, the Survey of Natural Sciences initially can seem overwhelming. 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