{"id":683,"date":"2017-03-31T23:45:23","date_gmt":"2017-04-01T06:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oatcracker.com\/blog\/?p=683"},"modified":"2017-07-07T16:10:32","modified_gmt":"2017-07-07T23:10:32","slug":"oat-2017-survey-natural-sciences-section","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oatcracker.com\/blog\/oat-2017-survey-natural-sciences-section-2017-03-31\/","title":{"rendered":"OAT 2017: Survey of Natural Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>This is Part 2 of a series of breakdown posts that will outline\u00a0the OAT 2017!<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ready? On the menu today: The Survey of Natural Sciences, which is the longest section of the test, both in time and in number of questions!<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Survey of Natural Sciences is the first section of the OAT,<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">there are <strong>100 questions, and you have 90 minutes<\/strong>.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Within the section, there are 3 sciences tested: <em>Biology (40 questions), General Chemistry aka Inorganic Chemistry (30 questions), and Organic Chemistry (30 questions)<\/em>. The content of these questions is limited to the things you learned in your entire first-year course in biology, general\/inorganic chemistry course, and the organic chemistry class. Basically this means no upper level concepts beyond what you saw in those courses.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opted.org\/\">ASCO<\/a> gives a fairly detailed list of topics within the subsections so you can really hone in on certain areas when studying. Check out each subsection topic breakdown and a couple ASCO-supplied sample questions below:<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Biology, 40 questions<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-522 \" src=\"http:\/\/oatcracker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DATOAT-biology-topics.png\" alt=\"DAT:OAT biology topics\" width=\"644\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oatcracker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DATOAT-biology-topics.png 817w, https:\/\/oatcracker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DATOAT-biology-topics-300x184.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Sample Question: <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-526 \" src=\"http:\/\/oatcracker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/OAT-biology-sample.png\" alt=\"OAT biology sample\" width=\"408\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oatcracker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/OAT-biology-sample.png 467w, https:\/\/oatcracker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/OAT-biology-sample-300x151.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/h4>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>General\/Inorganic Chemistry, 30 questions<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-523\" src=\"http:\/\/oatcracker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DATOAT-gen-chem-topics-1.png\" alt=\"DAT:OAT gen chem topics 1\" width=\"634\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oatcracker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DATOAT-gen-chem-topics-1.png 825w, https:\/\/oatcracker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DATOAT-gen-chem-topics-1-300x146.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-524 \" src=\"http:\/\/oatcracker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DATOAT-gen-chem-topics-2.png\" alt=\"DAT:OAT gen chem topics 2\" width=\"631\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oatcracker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DATOAT-gen-chem-topics-2.png 817w, https:\/\/oatcracker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DATOAT-gen-chem-topics-2-300x104.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Sample Question: <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-527 \" src=\"http:\/\/oatcracker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/OAT-gen-chem-sample.png\" alt=\"OAT gen chem sample\" width=\"384\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oatcracker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/OAT-gen-chem-sample.png 433w, https:\/\/oatcracker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/OAT-gen-chem-sample-300x152.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/h4>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Organic Chemistry, 30 questions<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-525\" src=\"http:\/\/oatcracker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DATOAT-org-chem-topics.png\" alt=\"DAT:OAT org chem topics\" width=\"670\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oatcracker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DATOAT-org-chem-topics.png 814w, https:\/\/oatcracker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DATOAT-org-chem-topics-300x178.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Sample Question: <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-528 \" src=\"http:\/\/oatcracker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/OAT-org-chem-sample.png\" alt=\"OAT org chem sample\" width=\"392\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oatcracker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/OAT-org-chem-sample.png 466w, https:\/\/oatcracker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/OAT-org-chem-sample-300x247.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Survey of Natural Sciences is first big hump in your OAT day adventure and it\u2019s a doozy.<\/strong> The key is perfecting your time management to keep you calm so you can focus on the questions and not worry about running out of time. Practice and ace it with <a href=\"http:\/\/oatcracker.com\/#\">OAT Cracker<\/a>, where you can take practice tests in each section with questions that look and feel like the real thing! Stay tuned for further breakdowns!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S. Here are the sample question answers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">10. C<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">47. A<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">89. D<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><strong>\ud83d\ude42<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is Part 2 of a series of breakdown posts that will outline\u00a0the OAT 2017! &nbsp; Ready? On the menu today: The Survey of Natural Sciences, which is the longest section of the test, both in time and in number of questions! 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