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|[[August 2025 Earth and Space Science Exam Questions by Difficulty|Table View]]
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The August 2025 Earth and Space Science exam is composed of 30 multiple choice and 18 constructed response questions organized into ten question clusters. Data on the percentage of students answering correctly is [https://www.nysedregents.org/ei/science/2024/2024-released-items-science-g8.pdf from NYSED].

'''<big>[[Questions:Energy in the Sun|Energy in the Sun]]</big>'''
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Energy in the Sun#q1|Question 1]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS1-1]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Energy in the Sun#q2|Question 2]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS1-1]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Energy in the Sun#q3|Question 3]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS1-1]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Energy in the Sun#q4|Question 4]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS1-1]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Energy in the Sun#q5|Question 5]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS1-3]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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'''<big>[[Questions:The Power of Water|Modeling Earth Systems to Understand Global Climate]]</big>'''
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:The Power of Water#q1|Question 6]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS2-5]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:The Power of Water#q2|Question 7]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS2-5]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:The Power of Water#q3|Question 8]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS3-4]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:The Power of Water#q4|Question 9]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS2-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:The Power of Water#q5|Question 10]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS3-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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'''<big>[[Questions:Telescopes and the History of the Universe|Telescopes and the History of the Universe]]</big>'''
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Telescopes and the History of the Universe#q1|Question 11]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS1-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Telescopes and the History of the Universe#q2|Question 12]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS1-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Telescopes and the History of the Universe#q3|Question 13]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS1-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Telescopes and the History of the Universe#q4|Question 14]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS1-4]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Telescopes and the History of the Universe#q5|Question 15]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS1-4]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
|}

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'''<big>[[Questions:Horse Latitudes|Horse Latitudes]]</big>'''
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Horse Latitudes#q1|Question 16]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS2-8]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Horse Latitudes#q2|Question 17]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS2-8]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Horse Latitudes#q3|Question 18]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS2-8]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Horse Latitudes#q4|Question 19]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS2-8]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Horse Latitudes#q5|Question 20]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS2-8]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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'''<big>[[Questions:How Did Earth Get Its Water?|How Did Earth Get Its Water?]]</big>'''
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:How Did Earth Get Its Water?#q1|Question 21]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS1-6]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:How Did Earth Get Its Water?#q2|Question 22]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS2-7]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:How Did Earth Get Its Water?#q3|Question 23]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS2-7]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:How Did Earth Get Its Water?#q4|Question 24]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS2-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:How Did Earth Get Its Water?#q5|Question 25]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS2-5]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:How Did Earth Get Its Water?#q6|Question 26]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS3-1]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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'''<big>[[Questions:Northern New York's Pyrites Complex|Northern New York's Pyrites Complex]]</big>'''
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Northern New York's Pyrites Complex#q2|Question 27]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS2-3]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Northern New York's Pyrites Complex#q3|Question 28]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS2-1]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Northern New York's Pyrites Complex#q4|Question 29]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS2-3]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Northern New York's Pyrites Complex#q5|Question 30]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS2-1]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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'''<big>[[Questions:Earth-Moon History |Earth-Moon History ]]</big>'''
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Earth-Moon History #q1|Question 31]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS1-7]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Earth-Moon History #q2|Question 32]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS1-4]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Earth-Moon History #q3|Question 33]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS1-7]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Earth-Moon History #q4|Question 34]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS1-4]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Earth-Moon History #q5|Question 35]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS1-6]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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'''<big>[[Questions:Dams and Flood Mitigation|Dams and Flood Mitigation]]</big>'''
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Dams and Flood Mitigation#q1|Question 36]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS3-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Dams and Flood Mitigation#q2|Question 37]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS3-6]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Dams and Flood Mitigation#q3|Question 38]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS2-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Dams and Flood Mitigation#q4|Question 39]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS3-1]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Dams and Flood Mitigation#q5|Question 40]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ETS1-1]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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'''<big>[[Questions:New York State Fossils of Note|New York State Fossils of Note]]</big>'''
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:New York State Fossils of Note#q1|Question 41]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS1-6]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:New York State Fossils of Note#q2|Question 42]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS2-1]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:New York State Fossils of Note#q3|Question 43]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS1-6]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:New York State Fossils of Note#q4|Question 44]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS2-1]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:New York State Fossils of Note#q5|Question 45]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS1-6]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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'''<big>[[Questions:Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide|Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide]]</big>'''
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide#q1|Question 46]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS2-4]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide#q2|Question 47]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS3-6]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide#q3|Question 48]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS3-6]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide#q2|Question 49]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS3-6]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide#q5|Question 50]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS3-4]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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+The August 2025 Earth and Space Science exam is composed of 29 multiple choice and 21 constructed response questions organized into ten question clusters. Data on the percentage of students answering correctly is [https://www.nysedregents.org/ei/science/2024/2024-released-items-science-g8.pdf from NYSED].
 '''<span id="c1"></span><big>[[Questions:Energy in the Sun|Energy in the Sun]]</big>'''

August 2025 Earth and Space Science Exam - Revision history

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