https://nyssls.info/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Earth_and_Space_Science_PLDs_by_exam Earth and Space Science PLDs by exam - Revision history 2026-10-23T18:31:52Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.35.9 https://nyssls.info/index.php?title=Earth_and_Space_Science_PLDs_by_exam&diff=7327&oldid=prev Conradrichman: New page: performance level of every question on each released exam, by standard 2026-10-23T15:24:53Z <p>New page: performance level of every question on each released exam, by standard</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{PLDnotice}}<br /> <br /> This page shows the performance level of every question on each released Earth and Space Science 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 [[Earth and Space Science questions by performance level]].<br /> <br /> == Performance levels by standard and exam ==<br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot; style=&quot;font-size:0.95em;&quot;<br /> ! Standard !! Topic !! [[June 2025 Earth and Space Science Exam|June 2025]] !! [[August 2025 Earth and Space Science Exam|August 2025]] !! [[January 2026 Earth and Space Science Exam|January 2026]] !! [[June 2026 Earth and Space Science Exam|June 2026]] !! [[August 2026 Earth and Space Science Exam|August 2026]]<br /> |-<br /> | [[HS-ESS1-1]] || The Sun and Its Energy || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 2&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Our Sun – A Star#q2|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 16&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Stars and the Big Bang#q1|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 18&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Stars and the Big Bang#q3|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 1&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Our Sun – A Star#q1|3]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 2&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Energy in the Sun#q2|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 4&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Energy in the Sun#q4|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 3&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Energy in the Sun#q3|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 1&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Energy in the Sun#q1|3]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span style=&quot;color:#72777d;&quot;&gt;—&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 7&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Stars and Stellar Evolution#q3|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 44&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Planetary Transits#q3|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 22&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)#q4|3]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 48&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Stars and Elements in the Universe#q2|3]]&lt;/span&gt;<br /> |-<br /> | [[HS-ESS1-2]] || Big Bang Theory || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 19&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Stars and the Big Bang#q4|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 20&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Stars and the Big Bang#q5|2]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 11&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Telescopes and the History of the Universe#q1|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 13&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Telescopes and the History of the Universe#q3|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 12&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Telescopes and the History of the Universe#q2|3]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 2&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Evidence for the Big Bang Theory#q2|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 1&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Evidence for the Big Bang Theory#q1|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 3&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Evidence for the Big Bang Theory#q3|2]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 8&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Stars and Stellar Evolution#q4|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 21&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)#q3|2]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 49&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Stars and Elements in the Universe#q3|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 50&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Stars and Elements in the Universe#q4|1]]&lt;/span&gt;<br /> |-<br /> | [[HS-ESS1-3]] || Stellar Nucleosynthesis || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 17&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Stars and the Big Bang#q2|2]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 5&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Energy in the Sun#q5|1]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 4&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Evidence for the Big Bang Theory#q4|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 5&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Evidence for the Big Bang Theory#q5|3]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 5&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Stars and Stellar Evolution#q1|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 23&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)#q5|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 45&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Planetary Transits#q4|2]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 47&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Stars and Elements in the Universe#q1|1]]&lt;/span&gt;<br /> |-<br /> | [[HS-ESS1-4]] || Orbital Motion and Gravity || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 3&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Our Sun – A Star#q3|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 4&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Our Sun – A Star#q4|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 27&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Origin of Our Solar System#q2|1]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 34&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Earth-Moon History#q4|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 15&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Telescopes and the History of the Universe#q5|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 14&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Telescopes and the History of the Universe#q4|3]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 32&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Earth-Moon History#q2|4]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 20&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Moons of Pluto#q2|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 36&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Bennu#q4|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 33&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Bennu#q1|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 19&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Moons of Pluto#q1|3]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 35&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Bennu#q3|3]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 19&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)#q1|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 43&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Planetary Transits#q2|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 46&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Planetary Transits#q5|4]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 4&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Cyclic Patterns#q4|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 40&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Full Supermoon Events in 2024#q3|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 3&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Cyclic Patterns#q3|3]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 41&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Full Supermoon Events in 2024#q4|4]]&lt;/span&gt;<br /> |-<br /> | [[HS-ESS1-5]] || Plate Tectonics and Crustal Ages || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 48&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Tectonics of Hawaiian Islands#q3|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 47&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Tectonics of Hawaiian Islands#q2|3]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span style=&quot;color:#72777d;&quot;&gt;—&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span style=&quot;color:#72777d;&quot;&gt;—&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 1&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Iceland Hotspot#q1|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 37&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Complex Tectonics of the Western Pacific#q1|2]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span style=&quot;color:#72777d;&quot;&gt;—&lt;/span&gt;<br /> |-<br /> | [[HS-ESS1-6]] || Formation and Early History of Earth || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 26&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Origin of Our Solar System#q1|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 28&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Origin of Our Solar System#q3|3]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 41&quot;&gt;[[Questions:New York State Fossils of Note#q1|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 43&quot;&gt;[[Questions:New York State Fossils of Note#q3|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 45&quot;&gt;[[Questions:New York State Fossils of Note#q5|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 21&quot;&gt;[[Questions:How Did Earth Get Its Water?#q1|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 35&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Earth-Moon History#q5|2]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 11&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Evolution of Early Earth Systems#q2|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 23&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Moons of Pluto#q5|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 26&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Doggerland#q3|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 34&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Bennu#q2|1]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span style=&quot;color:#72777d;&quot;&gt;—&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 5&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Chesapeake Bay Impact Event#q1|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 6&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Chesapeake Bay Impact Event#q2|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 8&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Chesapeake Bay Impact Event#q4|2]]&lt;/span&gt;<br /> |-<br /> | [[HS-ESS1-7]] || Cycles of the Sun, Earth, and Moon || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 5&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Our Sun – A Star#q5|3]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 31&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Earth-Moon History#q1|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 33&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Earth-Moon History#q3|3]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 21&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Moons of Pluto#q3|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 22&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Moons of Pluto#q4|3]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 6&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Stars and Stellar Evolution#q2|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 42&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Planetary Transits#q1|2]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 39&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Full Supermoon Events in 2024#q2|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 1&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Cyclic Patterns#q1|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 2&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Cyclic Patterns#q2|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 38&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Full Supermoon Events in 2024#q1|3]]&lt;/span&gt;<br /> |-<br /> | [[HS-ESS2-1]] || Earth's Surface Processes || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 46&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Tectonics of Hawaiian Islands#q1|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 29&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Origin of Our Solar System#q4|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 49&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Tectonics of Hawaiian Islands#q4|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 39&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Ghost Forests#q4|3]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 28&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Northern New York's Pyrites Complex#q2|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 30&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Northern New York's Pyrites Complex#q4|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 42&quot;&gt;[[Questions:New York State Fossils of Note#q2|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 44&quot;&gt;[[Questions:New York State Fossils of Note#q4|2]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 25&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Doggerland#q2|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 13&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Evolution of Early Earth Systems#q4|2]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 2&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Iceland Hotspot#q2|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 12&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Slow Carbon Cycle#q4|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 24&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Influence of Volcanoes on Earth’s Systems#q1|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 35&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Lake Nyos#q4|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 38&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Complex Tectonics of the Western Pacific#q2|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 50&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Siberian Traps#q4|2]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 7&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Chesapeake Bay Impact Event#q3|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 10&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Canary Islands Hotspot#q1|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 11&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Canary Islands Hotspot#q2|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 35&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Gulf#q3|3]]&lt;/span&gt;<br /> |-<br /> | [[HS-ESS2-2]] || Feedbacks in Earth’s Systems || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 36&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Ghost Forests#q1|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 9&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Modeling Earth Systems to Understand Climate Change#q4|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 14&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Carbon Cycle#q4|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 22&quot;&gt;[[Questions:New York State's Hudson River#q2|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 43&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Human Impact on Earth#q3|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 11&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Carbon Cycle#q1|3]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 25&quot;&gt;[[Questions:New York State's Hudson River#q5|3]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 44&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Human Impact on Earth#q4|3]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 24&quot;&gt;[[Questions:How Did Earth Get Its Water?#q4|3]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 9&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Power of Water#q4|4]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 38&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Dams and Flood Mitigation#q3|4]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 24&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Doggerland#q1|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 12&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Evolution of Early Earth Systems#q3|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 42&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Energy and Mineral Resources#q1|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 47&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Carboniferous Period#q2|3]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 29&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Greenland's Glacial Ice#q2|4]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 49&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Siberian Traps#q3|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 25&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Influence of Volcanoes on Earth’s Systems#q2|3]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 29&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Aral Sea Region#q2|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 34&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Gulf#q2|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 42&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’pai Volcano#q1|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 31&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Aral Sea Region#q4|2]]&lt;/span&gt;<br /> |-<br /> | [[HS-ESS2-3]] || Thermal Convection in Earth || &lt;span style=&quot;color:#72777d;&quot;&gt;—&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 29&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Northern New York's Pyrites Complex#q3|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 27&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Northern New York's Pyrites Complex#q1|3]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 14&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Mined and Mineral Resources of New York State#q1|1]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 48&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Siberian Traps#q2|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 39&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Complex Tectonics of the Western Pacific#q3|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 40&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Complex Tectonics of the Western Pacific#q4|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 10&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Slow Carbon Cycle#q2|3]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 47&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Siberian Traps#q1|4]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 9&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Chesapeake Bay Impact Event#q5|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 12&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Canary Islands Hotspot#q3|2]]&lt;/span&gt;<br /> |-<br /> | [[HS-ESS2-4]] || Energy Flow and Climate Change || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 6&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Modeling Earth Systems to Understand Climate Change#q1|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 7&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Modeling Earth Systems to Understand Climate Change#q2|2]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 46&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide#q1|3]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 31&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Greenland's Glacial Ice#q4|2]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span style=&quot;color:#72777d;&quot;&gt;—&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 18&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Earth’s Oceans–A Climate Change Indicator#q4|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 23&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Carbon Emissions in Industry#q1|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 43&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’pai Volcano#q2|2]]&lt;/span&gt;<br /> |-<br /> | [[HS-ESS2-5]] || Water and Earth’s Surface Processes || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 21&quot;&gt;[[Questions:New York State's Hudson River#q1|2]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 7&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Power of Water#q2|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 6&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Power of Water#q1|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 25&quot;&gt;[[Questions:How Did Earth Get Its Water?#q5|3]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 40&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Mount Morris Dam in Letchworth State Park#q3|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 38&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Mount Morris Dam in Letchworth State Park#q1|2]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 11&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Slow Carbon Cycle#q3|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 41&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Complex Tectonics of the Western Pacific#q5|2]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 15&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Earth’s Oceans–A Climate Change Indicator#q1|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 19&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Dams on the Colorado River#q1|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 20&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Dams on the Colorado River#q2|2]]&lt;/span&gt;<br /> |-<br /> | [[HS-ESS2-6]] || Carbon Cycling || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 12&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Carbon Cycle#q2|2]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span style=&quot;color:#72777d;&quot;&gt;—&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 50&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Carboniferous Period#q5|2]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 34&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Lake Nyos#q3|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 9&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Slow Carbon Cycle#q1|3]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 24&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Carbon Emissions in Industry#q2|1]]&lt;/span&gt;<br /> |-<br /> | [[HS-ESS2-7]] || Coevolution of Earth and Life || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 30&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Origin of Our Solar System#q5|4]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 22&quot;&gt;[[Questions:How Did Earth Get Its Water?#q2|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 23&quot;&gt;[[Questions:How Did Earth Get Its Water?#q3|4]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 10&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Evolution of Early Earth Systems#q1|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 46&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Carboniferous Period#q1|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 49&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Carboniferous Period#q4|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 48&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Carboniferous Period#q3|4]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span style=&quot;color:#72777d;&quot;&gt;—&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 28&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Aral Sea Region#q1|4]]&lt;/span&gt;<br /> |-<br /> | [[HS-ESS2-8]] || Air Masses and Weather || &lt;span style=&quot;color:#72777d;&quot;&gt;—&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 16&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Horse Latitudes#q1|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 17&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Horse Latitudes#q2|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 19&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Horse Latitudes#q4|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 18&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Horse Latitudes#q3|3]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 20&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Horse Latitudes#q5|3]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 7&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Rubber Ducks and Pacific Ocean Trash#q2|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 6&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Rubber Ducks and Pacific Ocean Trash#q1|2]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 17&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Conditions of a Polar Vortex Event#q4|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 18&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Conditions of a Polar Vortex Event#q5|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 32&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Lake Nyos#q1|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 16&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Conditions of a Polar Vortex Event#q3|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 14&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Conditions of a Polar Vortex Event#q1|3]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 15&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Conditions of a Polar Vortex Event#q2|4]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 13&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Canary Islands Hotspot#q4|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 37&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Gulf#q5|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 44&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’pai Volcano#q3|2]]&lt;/span&gt;<br /> |-<br /> | [[HS-ESS3-1]] || Natural Resources, Hazards, and Human Activity || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 13&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Carbon Cycle#q3|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 23&quot;&gt;[[Questions:New York State's Hudson River#q3|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 37&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Ghost Forests#q2|3]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 39&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Dams and Flood Mitigation#q4|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 26&quot;&gt;[[Questions:How Did Earth Get Its Water?#q6|3]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 39&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Mount Morris Dam in Letchworth State Park#q2|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 44&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Energy and Mineral Resources#q3|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 45&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Energy and Mineral Resources#q4|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 15&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Mined and Mineral Resources of New York State#q2|3]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 3&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Iceland Hotspot#q3|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 27&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Influence of Volcanoes on Earth’s Systems#q4|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 28&quot;&gt;[[Questions:New York’s Concrete Industry#q1|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 33&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Lake Nyos#q2|2]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 14&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Canary Islands Hotspot#q5|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 17&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Earth’s Oceans–A Climate Change Indicator#q3|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 21&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Dams on the Colorado River#q3|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 26&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Carbon Emissions in Industry#q4|3]]&lt;/span&gt;<br /> |-<br /> | [[HS-ESS3-2]] || Resource Use and Conservation || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 31&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Mining and Use of Lithium#q1|2]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 10&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Power of Water#q5|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 36&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Dams and Flood Mitigation#q1|1]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 17&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Mined and Mineral Resources of New York State#q4|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 9&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Rubber Ducks and Pacific Ocean Trash#q4|3]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 43&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Energy and Mineral Resources#q2|3]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 4&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Iceland Hotspot#q4|3]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 27&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Carbon Emissions in Industry#q5|2]]&lt;/span&gt;<br /> |-<br /> | [[HS-ESS3-3]] || Resource Management and Sustainability || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 33&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Mining and Use of Lithium#q3|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 41&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Human Impact on Earth#q1|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 42&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Human Impact on Earth#q2|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 35&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Mining and Use of Lithium#q5|2]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span style=&quot;color:#72777d;&quot;&gt;—&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 8&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Rubber Ducks and Pacific Ocean Trash#q3|2]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 26&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Influence of Volcanoes on Earth’s Systems#q3|1]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 30&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Aral Sea Region#q3|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 36&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Gulf#q4|3]]&lt;/span&gt;<br /> |-<br /> | [[HS-ESS3-4]] || Reducing Human Impact on Natural Systems || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 50&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Tectonics of Hawaiian Islands#q5|3]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 24&quot;&gt;[[Questions:New York State's Hudson River#q4|4]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 8&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Power of Water#q3|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 50&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide#q5|2]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 16&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Mined and Mineral Resources of New York State#q3|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 18&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Mined and Mineral Resources of New York State#q5|2]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 13&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Slow Carbon Cycle#q5|4]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 36&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Lake Nyos#q5|4]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 22&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Dams on the Colorado River#q4|2]]&lt;/span&gt;<br /> |-<br /> | [[HS-ESS3-5]] || Climate Change Forecasting || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 8&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Modeling Earth Systems to Understand Climate Change#q3|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 38&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Ghost Forests#q3|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 10&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Modeling Earth Systems to Understand Climate Change#q5|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 15&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Carbon Cycle#q5|3]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span style=&quot;color:#72777d;&quot;&gt;—&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 32&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Greenland's Glacial Ice#q5|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 28&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Greenland's Glacial Ice#q1|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 30&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Greenland's Glacial Ice#q3|2]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span style=&quot;color:#72777d;&quot;&gt;—&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 45&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’pai Volcano#q4|3]]&lt;/span&gt;<br /> |-<br /> | [[HS-ESS3-6]] || Human Impact on Earth Systems || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 34&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Mining and Use of Lithium#q4|1]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 47&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide#q2|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 37&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Dams and Flood Mitigation#q2|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 48&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide#q3|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 49&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide#q4|3]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 27&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Doggerland#q4|3]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 29&quot;&gt;[[Questions:New York’s Concrete Industry#q2|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 30&quot;&gt;[[Questions:New York’s Concrete Industry#q3|3]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 25&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Carbon Emissions in Industry#q3|2]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 16&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Earth’s Oceans–A Climate Change Indicator#q2|3]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 33&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Gulf#q1|3]]&lt;/span&gt;<br /> |-<br /> | [[HS-ETS1-1]] || Analyzing Global Challenges || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 32&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Mining and Use of Lithium#q2|2]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 40&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Dams and Flood Mitigation#q5|2]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span style=&quot;color:#72777d;&quot;&gt;—&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span style=&quot;color:#72777d;&quot;&gt;—&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span style=&quot;color:#72777d;&quot;&gt;—&lt;/span&gt;<br /> |-<br /> | [[HS-ETS1-2]] || Breaking Down Complex Problems || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 45&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Human Impact on Earth#q5|1]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span style=&quot;color:#72777d;&quot;&gt;—&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span style=&quot;color:#72777d;&quot;&gt;—&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span style=&quot;color:#72777d;&quot;&gt;—&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span style=&quot;color:#72777d;&quot;&gt;—&lt;/span&gt;<br /> |-<br /> | [[HS-ETS1-3]] || Evaluating Solutions and Trade-offs || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 40&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Ghost Forests#q5|3]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span style=&quot;color:#72777d;&quot;&gt;—&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 37&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Bennu#q5|1]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 31&quot;&gt;[[Questions:New York’s Concrete Industry#q4|1]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 20&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)#q2|3]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 32&quot;&gt;[[Questions:The Aral Sea Region#q5|3]]&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span title=&quot;Question 46&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’pai Volcano#q5|4]]&lt;/span&gt;<br /> |-<br /> | [[HS-ETS1-4]] || Modeling Solutions with Simulations || &lt;span style=&quot;color:#72777d;&quot;&gt;—&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span style=&quot;color:#72777d;&quot;&gt;—&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span title=&quot;Question 41&quot;&gt;[[Questions:Mount Morris Dam in Letchworth State Park#q4|1]]&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span style=&quot;color:#72777d;&quot;&gt;—&lt;/span&gt; || &lt;span style=&quot;color:#72777d;&quot;&gt;—&lt;/span&gt;<br /> |- class=&quot;sortbottom&quot; style=&quot;font-weight:bold; background:#f3f7fb;&quot;<br /> | colspan=&quot;2&quot; | Totals (L1 / L2 / L3 / L4 / L5) || 17 / 19 / 12 / 2 / 0 || 14 / 20 / 12 / 4 / 0 || 20 / 19 / 9 / 2 / 0 || 17 / 20 / 8 / 5 / 0 || 16 / 21 / 10 / 3 / 0<br /> |}<br /> <br /> == Distribution by level ==<br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable&quot; style=&quot;text-align:center;&quot;<br /> ! Level !! June 2025 !! August 2025 !! January 2026 !! June 2026 !! August 2026<br /> |-<br /> ! Level 1<br /> | 17 (34%)<br /> | 14 (28%)<br /> | 20 (40%)<br /> | 17 (34%)<br /> | 16 (32%)<br /> |-<br /> ! Level 2<br /> | 19 (38%)<br /> | 20 (40%)<br /> | 19 (38%)<br /> | 20 (40%)<br /> | 21 (42%)<br /> |-<br /> ! Level 3<br /> | 12 (24%)<br /> | 12 (24%)<br /> | 9 (18%)<br /> | 8 (16%)<br /> | 10 (20%)<br /> |-<br /> ! Level 4<br /> | 2 (4%)<br /> | 4 (8%)<br /> | 2 (4%)<br /> | 5 (10%)<br /> | 3 (6%)<br /> |-<br /> ! Level 5<br /> | 0 (0%)<br /> | 0 (0%)<br /> | 0 (0%)<br /> | 0 (0%)<br /> | 0 (0%)<br /> |- style=&quot;font-weight:bold; background:#f3f7fb;&quot;<br /> ! Questions<br /> | 50<br /> | 50<br /> | 50<br /> | 50<br /> | 50<br /> |- style=&quot;background:#f3f7fb;&quot;<br /> ! Mean level<br /> | 1.98<br /> | 2.12<br /> | 1.86<br /> | 2.02<br /> | 2.00<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {{Pagecontributors}}</div> Conradrichman