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|[[Earth and Space Science|{{#far:compass}} Performance Expectations]]
|[[Earth and Space Science Questions|{{#far:circle-question}} Questions]]
|[[Earth and Space Science claims and evidence|{{#far:clipboard-list}} Claims and Evidence]]
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|[[June 2026 Earth and Space Science Exam|Cluster View]]
|[[June 2026 Earth and Space Science Exam Questions by Difficulty|Table View]]
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The June 2026 Earth and Space Science exam is composed of 30 multiple choice and 18 constructed response questions organized into ten question clusters.

'''<big>[[Questions:Our Sun – A Star|Our Sun – A Star]]</big>'''
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Our Sun – A Star#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:Our Sun – A Star#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:Our Sun – A Star#q3|Question 3]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS1-4]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Our Sun – A Star#q4|Question 4]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS1-4]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Our Sun – A Star#q5|Question 5]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS1-7]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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'''<big>[[Questions:Modeling Earth Systems to Understand Climate Change|Modeling Earth Systems to Understand Global Climate]]</big>'''
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Modeling Earth Systems to Understand Climate Change#q1|Question 6]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS2-4]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Modeling Earth Systems to Understand Climate Change#q2|Question 7]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS2-4]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Modeling Earth Systems to Understand Climate Change#q3|Question 8]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS3-5]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Modeling Earth Systems to Understand Climate Change#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:Modeling Earth Systems to Understand Climate Change#q5|Question 10]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS3-5]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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'''<big>[[Questions:The Carbon Cycle|The Carbon Cycle]]</big>'''
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:The Carbon Cycle#q1|Question 11]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS2-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:The Carbon Cycle#q2|Question 12]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS2-6]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:The Carbon Cycle#q3|Question 13]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS3-1]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:The Carbon Cycle#q4|Question 14]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS2-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:The Carbon Cycle#q5|Question 15]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS3-5]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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'''<big>[[Questions:Stars and the Big Bang|Stars and the Big Bang]]</big>'''
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Stars and the Big Bang#q1|Question 16]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS1-1]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Stars and the Big Bang#q2|Question 17]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS1-3]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Stars and the Big Bang#q3|Question 18]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS1-1]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Stars and the Big Bang#q4|Question 19]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS1-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Stars and the Big Bang#q5|Question 20]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS1-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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'''<big>[[Questions:New York State's Hudson River|New York State's Hudson River]]</big>'''
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:New York State's Hudson River#q1|Question 21]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS2-5]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:New York State's Hudson River#q2|Question 22]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS2-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:New York State's Hudson River#q3|Question 23]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS3-1]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:New York State's Hudson River#q4|Question 24]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS3-4]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:New York State's Hudson River#q5|Question 25]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS2-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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'''<big>[[Questions:The Origin of Our Solar System|The Origin of Our Solar System]]</big>'''
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:The Origin of Our Solar System#q1|Question 26]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS1-6]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:The Origin of Our Solar System#q2|Question 27]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS1-4]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:The Origin of Our Solar System#q3|Question 28]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS1-6]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:The Origin of Our Solar System#q4|Question 29]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS2-1]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:The Origin of Our Solar System#q5|Question 30]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS2-7]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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'''<big>[[Questions:Mining and Use of Lithium |Mining and Use of Lithium ]]</big>'''
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Mining and Use of Lithium #q1|Question 31]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS3-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Mining and Use of Lithium #q2|Question 32]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ETS1-1]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Mining and Use of Lithium #q3|Question 33]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS3-3]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Mining and Use of Lithium #q4|Question 34]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS3-6]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Mining and Use of Lithium #q5|Question 35]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS3-3]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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'''<big>[[Questions:Ghost Forests|Ghost Forests]]</big>'''
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Ghost Forests#q1|Question 36]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS2-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Ghost Forests#q2|Question 37]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS3-1]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Ghost Forests#q3|Question 38]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS3-5]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Ghost Forests#q4|Question 39]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS2-1]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Ghost Forests#q5|Question 40]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ETS1-3]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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'''<big>[[Questions:Human Impact on Earth|Human Impact on Earth]]</big>'''
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Human Impact on Earth#q1|Question 41]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS3-3]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Human Impact on Earth#q2|Question 42]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS3-3]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Human Impact on Earth#q3|Question 43]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS2-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Human Impact on Earth#q4|Question 44]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS2-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Human Impact on Earth#q5|Question 45]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ETS1-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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'''<big>[[Questions:Tectonics of Hawaiian Islands|Tectonics of the Hawaiian Islands]]</big>'''
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Tectonics of Hawaiian Islands#q1|Question 46]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS2-1]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Tectonics of Hawaiian Islands#q2|Question 47]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS1-5]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Tectonics of Hawaiian Islands#q3|Question 48]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS1-5]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Tectonics of Hawaiian Islands#q2|Question 49]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS2-1]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Tectonics of Hawaiian Islands#q5|Question 50]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS3-4]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.00
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June 2026 Earth and Space Science Exam - Revision history

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