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This page shows the performance level of every question on each released Chemistry Regents exam, organized by standard. Each number in the table is the PLD level (1–5) assigned to one question; click a number to open that question. Levels are listed from lowest to highest within each cell. The full PLD text and question stems are on [[Chemistry questions by performance level]].

== Performance levels by standard and exam ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:0.95em;"
! Standard !! Topic !! [[June 2026 Chemistry Exam|June 2026]] !! [[August 2026 Chemistry Exam|August 2026]]
|-
| [[HS-PS1-1]] || Periodic Table || [[Questions:Chip Bag: PFAS vs PLA Plastics#q3|2]], [[Questions:How Glow Became Gloom#q2|3]] || [[Questions:Semiconductors#q1|1]], [[Questions:Semiconductors#q2|3]], [[Questions:Parade of Balloons#q1|3]]
|-
| [[HS-PS1-2]] || Chemical Reactions || [[Questions:How Glow Became Gloom#q3|1]], [[Questions:All About Aluminum#q2|2]] || [[Questions:Semiconductors#q3|1]], [[Questions:Safe Transport of Drinking Water#q4|1]], [[Questions:Pool Water Chemistry#q1|2]]
|-
| [[HS-PS1-3]] || Intermolecular Forces || [[Questions:The Accidental Development of Breathable, Waterproof Fabric#q2|1]], [[Questions:The Accidental Development of Breathable, Waterproof Fabric#q4|2]], [[Questions:Indoor Air Pollution#q3|3]] || [[Questions:Get a Whiff of That!#q2|2]], [[Questions:Get a Whiff of That!#q3|2]]
|-
| [[HS-PS1-4]] || Energy and Chemical Reactions || — || [[Questions:Catalytic Converter in Cars#q3|1]]
|-
| [[HS-PS1-5]] || Reaction Rates || [[Questions:Chemistry of Beverages#q2|1]], [[Questions:Equilibria in the Blood#q3|2]], [[Questions:Clock Reaction#q1|3]], [[Questions:Clock Reaction#q2|3]], [[Questions:Equilibria in the Blood#q1|4]] || [[Questions:Catalytic Converter in Cars#q1|2]], [[Questions:Catalytic Converter in Cars#q4|2]], [[Questions:Get a Whiff of That!#q4|2]], [[Questions:Safe Transport of Drinking Water#q5|2]]
|-
| [[HS-PS1-6]] || Chemical Equilibrium || [[Questions:Equilibria in the Blood#q4|2]] || [[Questions:Pool Water Chemistry#q3|1]]
|-
| [[HS-PS1-7]] || Conservation of Mass || [[Questions:The Accidental Development of Breathable, Waterproof Fabric#q1|2]], [[Questions:Chip Bag: PFAS vs PLA Plastics#q1|2]], [[Questions:Chemistry of Beverages#q1|3]], [[Questions:Balloon Arches#q2|3]] || [[Questions:The Fruit Industry in New York State#q3|1]], [[Questions:Electricity Generation in New York State#q3|3]], [[Questions:The ABCs of Ultraviolet Radiation#q4|3]], [[Questions:Catalytic Converter in Cars#q2|3]]
|-
| [[HS-PS1-8]] || Nuclear Processes || [[Questions:Photosynthetic Pathways#q2|1]], [[Questions:How Glow Became Gloom#q1|2]], [[Questions:Indoor Air Pollution#q2|4]] || [[Questions:Electricity Generation in New York State#q5|1]], [[Questions:Electricity Generation in New York State#q4|2]], [[Questions:Electricity Generation in New York State#q1|3]], [[Questions:Parade of Balloons#q5|4]]
|-
| [[HS-PS1-9]] || Gas Behavior || [[Questions:Balloon Arches#q1|1]], [[Questions:Balloon Arches#q4|2]] || [[Questions:Parade of Balloons#q4|2]], [[Questions:Parade of Balloons#q3|3]]
|-
| [[HS-PS1-10]] || Solutions || [[Questions:Clock Reaction#q5|2]], [[Questions:Indoor Air Pollution#q4|2]], [[Questions:Chip Bag: PFAS vs PLA Plastics#q5|3]], [[Questions:Chemistry of Beverages#q3|4]] || [[Questions:The Fruit Industry in New York State#q4|1]], [[Questions:The ABCs of Ultraviolet Radiation#q3|2]], [[Questions:Get a Whiff of That!#q1|3]], [[Questions:Get a Whiff of That!#q5|4]]
|-
| [[HS-PS1-11]] || Acids and Bases || [[Questions:Chemistry of Beverages#q5|1]], [[Questions:Chemistry of Beverages#q4|2]], [[Questions:Clock Reaction#q3|2]], [[Questions:Photosynthetic Pathways#q3|3]] || [[Questions:Pool Water Chemistry#q2|2]], [[Questions:Pool Water Chemistry#q4|2]], [[Questions:The Fruit Industry in New York State#q1|3]]
|-
| [[HS-PS1-12]] || Electron Transfer || [[Questions:All About Aluminum#q3|1]], [[Questions:Clock Reaction#q4|3]], [[Questions:All About Aluminum#q4|3]] || [[Questions:Safe Transport of Drinking Water#q2|2]]
|-
| [[HS-PS2-6]] || Structure and Function of Materials || [[Questions:The Accidental Development of Breathable, Waterproof Fabric#q3|1]], [[Questions:Chip Bag: PFAS vs PLA Plastics#q4|2]], [[Questions:All About Aluminum#q1|2]], [[Questions:Chip Bag: PFAS vs PLA Plastics#q2|3]] || [[Questions:Semiconductors#q4|1]], [[Questions:The Great American Solar Eclipse#q4|2]], [[Questions:Safe Transport of Drinking Water#q3|3]]
|-
| [[HS-PS3-1]] || Energy Conservation || [[Questions:Balloon Arches#q3|1]], [[Questions:Urban Heat Islands#q1|2]], [[Questions:Urban Heat Islands#q2|3]] || [[Questions:Electricity Generation in New York State#q2|1]], [[Questions:Go With the Flow#q2|1]], [[Questions:Go With the Flow#q1|2]], [[Questions:Go With the Flow#q3|2]]
|-
| [[HS-PS3-5]] || Forces and Fields || [[Questions:Indoor Air Pollution#q5|2]], [[Questions:Equilibria in the Blood#q2|3]] || [[Questions:Go With the Flow#q4|1]]
|-
| [[HS-PS4-4]] || Electromagnetic Radiation and Matter || [[Questions:Urban Heat Islands#q3|1]], [[Questions:How Glow Became Gloom#q4|2]] || [[Questions:The Great American Solar Eclipse#q1|1]], [[Questions:The ABCs of Ultraviolet Radiation#q1|1]], [[Questions:The Great American Solar Eclipse#q2|2]], [[Questions:The ABCs of Ultraviolet Radiation#q2|2]]
|-
| [[HS-LS1-5]] || Photosynthesis || [[Questions:Photosynthetic Pathways#q1|3]] || [[Questions:The Fruit Industry in New York State#q2|4]]
|-
| [[HS-ETS1-1]] || Analyzing Global Challenges || — || [[Questions:Parade of Balloons#q2|1]]
|-
| [[HS-ETS1-2]] || Breaking Down Complex Problems || [[Questions:Indoor Air Pollution#q1|1]], [[Questions:Urban Heat Islands#q4|2]] || [[Questions:The Great American Solar Eclipse#q3|3]]
|-
| [[HS-ETS1-3]] || Evaluating Solutions and Trade-offs || [[Questions:How Glow Became Gloom#q5|1]], [[Questions:Photosynthetic Pathways#q4|2]], [[Questions:Balloon Arches#q5|3]] || [[Questions:Safe Transport of Drinking Water#q1|1]]
|-
| [[HS-ETS1-4]] || Modeling Solutions with Simulations || — || —
|- class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold; background:#f3f7fb;"
| colspan="2" | Totals (L1 / L2 / L3 / L4 / L5) || 12 / 20 / 15 / 3 / 0 || 16 / 18 / 11 / 3 / 0
|}

== Distribution by level ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Level !! June 2026 !! August 2026
|-
! Level 1
| 12 (24%)
| 16 (33%)
|-
! Level 2
| 20 (40%)
| 18 (38%)
|-
! Level 3
| 15 (30%)
| 11 (23%)
|-
! Level 4
| 3 (6%)
| 3 (6%)
|-
! Level 5
| 0 (0%)
| 0 (0%)
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:#f3f7fb;"
! Questions
| 50
| 48
|- style="background:#f3f7fb;"
! Mean level
| 2.18
| 2.02
|}

Standards with no question on an exam are shown with a dash. [[HS-ETS1-4]] has not yet appeared on a released Chemistry exam, and no released question has been matched to Level 5 of any standard.

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