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 ! Standard !! Topic !! L1 !! L2 !! L3 !! L4 !! L5 !! Total
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-| [[#HS-PS1-8|HS-PS1-8]] || Nuclear Processes || – || – || 2 || – || – || 2
+| [[#HS-PS1-8 · Nuclear Processes|HS-PS1-8]] || Nuclear Processes || – || – || 2 || – || – || 2
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-| [[#HS-PS2-1|HS-PS2-1]] || Newton's Laws || 2 || 2 || 6 || 2 || – || 12
+| [[#HS-PS2-1 · Newton's Laws|HS-PS2-1]] || Newton's Laws || 2 || 2 || 6 || 2 || – || 12
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-| [[#HS-PS2-2|HS-PS2-2]] || Conservation of Momentum || – || – || – || 1 || – || 1
+| [[#HS-PS2-2 · Conservation of Momentum|HS-PS2-2]] || Conservation of Momentum || – || – || – || 1 || – || 1
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-| [[#HS-PS2-3|HS-PS2-3]] || Design For Collision Safety || 2 || 1 || – || – || – || 3
+| [[#HS-PS2-3 · Design For Collision Safety|HS-PS2-3]] || Design For Collision Safety || 2 || 1 || – || – || – || 3
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-| [[#HS-PS2-4|HS-PS2-4]] || Gravitational and Electrostatic Forces || 2 || 1 || 1 || – || – || 4
+| [[#HS-PS2-4 · Gravitational and Electrostatic Forces|HS-PS2-4]] || Gravitational and Electrostatic Forces || 2 || 1 || 1 || – || – || 4
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-| [[#HS-PS3-1|HS-PS3-1]] || Energy Conservation || – || – || 2 || 1 || – || 3
+| [[#HS-PS3-1 · Energy Conservation|HS-PS3-1]] || Energy Conservation || – || – || 2 || 1 || – || 3
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-| [[#HS-PS3-2|HS-PS3-2]] || Kinetic and Potential Energy || 1 || 2 || 2 || – || – || 5
+| [[#HS-PS3-2 · Kinetic and Potential Energy|HS-PS3-2]] || Kinetic and Potential Energy || 1 || 2 || 2 || – || – || 5
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-| [[#HS-PS3-3|HS-PS3-3]] || Energy Conversion Devices || 3 || 2 || – || – || – || 5
+| [[#HS-PS3-3 · Energy Conversion Devices|HS-PS3-3]] || Energy Conversion Devices || 3 || 2 || – || – || – || 5
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-| [[#HS-PS3-4|HS-PS3-4]] || Thermal Energy and Heat || 1 || 1 || – || – || – || 2
+| [[#HS-PS3-4 · Thermal Energy and Heat|HS-PS3-4]] || Thermal Energy and Heat || 1 || 1 || – || – || – || 2
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-| [[#HS-PS3-5|HS-PS3-5]] || Forces and Fields || – || 1 || – || – || – || 1
+| [[#HS-PS3-5 · Forces and Fields|HS-PS3-5]] || Forces and Fields || – || 1 || – || – || – || 1
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-| [[#HS-PS3-6|HS-PS3-6]] || Ohm's Law and Circuits || 1 || 1 || – || 1 || – || 3
+| [[#HS-PS3-6 · Ohm's Law and Circuits|HS-PS3-6]] || Ohm's Law and Circuits || 1 || 1 || – || 1 || – || 3
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-| [[#HS-PS4-1|HS-PS4-1]] || Wave Properties || 3 || 1 || 2 || 2 || – || 8
+| [[#HS-PS4-1 · Wave Properties|HS-PS4-1]] || Wave Properties || 3 || 1 || 2 || 2 || – || 8
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-| [[#HS-PS4-2|HS-PS4-2]] || Digital Transmission of Information || 1 || 1 || 1 || – || – || 3
+| [[#HS-PS4-2 · Digital Transmission of Information|HS-PS4-2]] || Digital Transmission of Information || 1 || 1 || 1 || – || – || 3
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-| [[#HS-PS4-3|HS-PS4-3]] || Wave-Particle Duality || – || 1 || – || – || – || 1
+| [[#HS-PS4-3 · Wave-Particle Duality|HS-PS4-3]] || Wave-Particle Duality || – || 1 || – || – || – || 1
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-| [[#HS-PS4-4|HS-PS4-4]] || Electromagnetic Radiation and Matter || – || – || 1 || – || – || 1
+| [[#HS-PS4-4 · Electromagnetic Radiation and Matter|HS-PS4-4]] || Electromagnetic Radiation and Matter || – || – || 1 || – || – || 1
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-| [[#HS-PS4-5|HS-PS4-5]] || Waves and Technology || 1 || – || – || – || – || 1
+| [[#HS-PS4-5 · Waves and Technology|HS-PS4-5]] || Waves and Technology || 1 || – || – || – || – || 1
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-| [[#HS-PS4-6|HS-PS4-6]] || Lenses and Mirrors || 3 || 1 || – || 1 || – || 5
+| [[#HS-PS4-6 · Lenses and Mirrors|HS-PS4-6]] || Lenses and Mirrors || 3 || 1 || – || 1 || – || 5
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-| [[#HS-ESS1-2|HS-ESS1-2]] || Big Bang Theory || – || – || 1 || – || – || 1
+| [[#HS-ESS1-2 · Big Bang Theory|HS-ESS1-2]] || Big Bang Theory || – || – || 1 || – || – || 1
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-| [[#HS-ETS1-1|HS-ETS1-1]] || Analyzing Global Challenges || – || 1 || – || – || – || 1
+| [[#HS-ETS1-1 · Analyzing Global Challenges|HS-ETS1-1]] || Analyzing Global Challenges || – || 1 || – || – || – || 1
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-| [[#HS-ETS1-2|HS-ETS1-2]] || Breaking Down Complex Problems || – || 1 || – || – || – || 1
+| [[#HS-ETS1-2 · Breaking Down Complex Problems|HS-ETS1-2]] || Breaking Down Complex Problems || – || 1 || – || – || – || 1
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-| [[#HS-ETS1-3|HS-ETS1-3]] || Evaluating Solutions and Trade-offs || 1 || – || 1 || – || – || 2
+| [[#HS-ETS1-3 · Evaluating Solutions and Trade-offs|HS-ETS1-3]] || Evaluating Solutions and Trade-offs || 1 || – || 1 || – || – || 2
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-| [[#HS-ETS1-4|HS-ETS1-4]] || Modeling Solutions with Simulations || – || – || – || – || – || 0
+| [[#HS-ETS1-4 · Modeling Solutions with Simulations|HS-ETS1-4]] || Modeling Solutions with Simulations || – || – || – || – || – || 0
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 ! colspan="2" | All physics standards !! 21 !! 17 !! 19 !! 8 !! 0 !! 65

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		+	\|[[Physics questions by performance level\|{{#far:chart-bar}} PLDs]]
		+	\|[[Physics Glossary\|{{#far:bookmark}} Glossary]]
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	''Which PLD a question best matches is a judgment call by the wiki's editors. NYSED does not publish official mappings of exam questions to performance levels.''		''Which PLD a question best matches is a judgment call by the wiki's editors. NYSED does not publish official mappings of exam questions to performance levels.''

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 <div style="margin: 5px 0 5px 16px; line-height: 1.45;">[[Questions:Charged Drops#q1|<span style="display: inline-block; padding: 1px 8px; border-radius: 3px; background: #fff8e6; border: 1px solid #e8c78f; font-size: 0.85em; font-weight: 600; white-space: nowrap; margin-right: 8px;">June 2026 · Q46</span>]] <span style="color: #54595d; font-size: 0.93em;">Which row in the table below identifies the relative magnitude and direction of the electrostatic and gravitational…</span></div>
 <div style="margin: 26px 0 8px; padding: 7px 12px; background: #f3f7fb; border-left: 4px solid #1b599b;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: #0c447c; margin-right: 6px;">Level 3</span><span style="font-size: 0.93em; color: #3a3d40;">Use mathematical representations of Newton's Law of Gravitation and Coulombs Law to describe and/or predict the gravitational force(s) or field, or electrostatic force(s) or field associated with an object or a system of two object, <b><u>or</b></u> describe and/or predict the magnitude of the factor(s) that result in the given forces or fields.</span></div>
-<div style="margin: 5px 0 5px 16px; line-height: 1.45;">[[Questions:Charged Drops#q4|<span style="display: inline-block; padding: 1px 8px; border-radius: 3px; background: #fff8e6; border: 1px solid #e8c78f; font-size: 0.85em; font-weight: 600; white-space: nowrap; margin-right: 8px;">June 2026 · Q49</span>]] <span style="color: #54595d; font-size: 0.93em;">The magnitude of the electric field which causes the force experienced by the drop of ink in Diagram 2 is (1)1.3 x 10°…</span></div>
+<div style="margin: 5px 0 5px 16px; line-height: 1.45;">[[Questions:Charged Drops#q4|<span style="display: inline-block; padding: 1px 8px; border-radius: 3px; background: #fff8e6; border: 1px solid #e8c78f; font-size: 0.85em; font-weight: 600; white-space: nowrap; margin-right: 8px;">June 2026 · Q49</span>]] <span style="color: #54595d; font-size: 0.93em;">The magnitude of the electric field which causes the force experienced by the drop of ink in Diagram 2 is</span></div>
 <div style="margin: 26px 0 8px; padding: 7px 12px; background: #f8fafc; border-left: 4px solid #c9d8ea;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: #0c447c; margin-right: 6px;">Level 4</span><span style="font-size: 0.93em; color: #72777d;">Use mathematical representations of Newton's Law of Gravitation and Coulombs Law to describe and predict the gravitational and electrostatic forces between objects.</span></div>
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 == [[HS-PS4-1|HS-PS4-1 · Wave Properties]] ==
 <div style="margin: 26px 0 8px; padding: 7px 12px; background: #f3f7fb; border-left: 4px solid #1b599b;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: #0c447c; margin-right: 6px;">Level 1</span><span style="font-size: 0.93em; color: #3a3d40;">Draw a model of a wave with given characteristics or identify the characteristics of a given wave traveling and transferring energy in a medium (period, frequency, wavelength, amplitude, speed, and/or type), <b><u>or</u></b> identify the change in characteristics of a wave as the wave hits a boundary.</span></div>
-<div style="margin: 5px 0 5px 16px; line-height: 1.45;">[[Questions:Flashlight Physics#q2|<span style="display: inline-block; padding: 1px 8px; border-radius: 3px; background: #fff8e6; border: 1px solid #e8c78f; font-size: 0.85em; font-weight: 600; white-space: nowrap; margin-right: 8px;">June 2026 · Q31</span>]] <span style="color: #54595d; font-size: 0.93em;">The largest percentage of electromagnetic radiation produced by the tungsten filament has a (1) wavelength less than…</span></div>
+<div style="margin: 5px 0 5px 16px; line-height: 1.45;">[[Questions:Flashlight Physics#q2|<span style="display: inline-block; padding: 1px 8px; border-radius: 3px; background: #fff8e6; border: 1px solid #e8c78f; font-size: 0.85em; font-weight: 600; white-space: nowrap; margin-right: 8px;">June 2026 · Q31</span>]] <span style="color: #54595d; font-size: 0.93em;">The largest percentage of electromagnetic radiation produced by the tungsten filament has a</span></div>
-<div style="margin: 5px 0 5px 16px; line-height: 1.45;">[[Questions:Kidney Stone Detection and Removal#q3|<span style="display: inline-block; padding: 1px 8px; border-radius: 3px; background: #fff8e6; border: 1px solid #e8c78f; font-size: 0.85em; font-weight: 600; white-space: nowrap; margin-right: 8px;">June 2026 · Q8</span>]] <span style="color: #54595d; font-size: 0.93em;">The appearance of edge artifacts is caused by a change in which characteristic of a sound pulse? (1) frequency (2)…</span></div>
+<div style="margin: 5px 0 5px 16px; line-height: 1.45;">[[Questions:Kidney Stone Detection and Removal#q3|<span style="display: inline-block; padding: 1px 8px; border-radius: 3px; background: #fff8e6; border: 1px solid #e8c78f; font-size: 0.85em; font-weight: 600; white-space: nowrap; margin-right: 8px;">June 2026 · Q8</span>]] <span style="color: #54595d; font-size: 0.93em;">The appearance of edge artifacts is caused by a change in which characteristic of a sound pulse?</span></div>
 <div style="margin: 5px 0 5px 16px; line-height: 1.45;">[[Questions:Voice Recognition Software#q3|<span style="display: inline-block; padding: 1px 8px; border-radius: 3px; background: #fff8e6; border: 1px solid #e8c78f; font-size: 0.85em; font-weight: 600; white-space: nowrap; margin-right: 8px;">June 2026 · Q43</span>]] <span style="color: #54595d; font-size: 0.93em;">Which row in the table below identifies the wave produced by the tuning fork? Electromagnetic Longitudinal</span></div>
 <div style="margin: 26px 0 8px; padding: 7px 12px; background: #f3f7fb; border-left: 4px solid #1b599b;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: #0c447c; margin-right: 6px;">Level 2</span><span style="font-size: 0.93em; color: #3a3d40;">Use words, diagrams, and/or graphs to represent the mathematical relationships among the period, frequency, wavelength, and/or speed of waves in a medium, <b><u>or</u></b> use mathematical relationships to determine the direction of a wave as the wave hits a boundary (reflection and/or refraction), <b><u>or</u></b> given data, model(s), and/or a mathematical representation, compare the phase of points at positions on the wave or the relative amount of energy transferred due to amplitude or frequency, or determine the amount of energy transferred due to the frequency of electromagnetic radiation (photon).</span></div>
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 == [[HS-PS4-2|HS-PS4-2 · Digital Transmission of Information]] ==
 <div style="margin: 26px 0 8px; padding: 7px 12px; background: #f3f7fb; border-left: 4px solid #1b599b;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: #0c447c; margin-right: 6px;">Level 1</span><span style="font-size: 0.93em; color: #3a3d40;">Identify given transmission data or storage data as being either analog or digital.</span></div>
-<div style="margin: 5px 0 5px 16px; line-height: 1.45;">[[Questions:Voice Recognition Software#q1|<span style="display: inline-block; padding: 1px 8px; border-radius: 3px; background: #fff8e6; border: 1px solid #e8c78f; font-size: 0.85em; font-weight: 600; white-space: nowrap; margin-right: 8px;">June 2026 · Q41</span>]] <span style="color: #54595d; font-size: 0.93em;">Which model best represents a digital reproduction of the analog-processed sound in Diagram 1? (1) 3) (2) (4)</span></div>
+<div style="margin: 5px 0 5px 16px; line-height: 1.45;">[[Questions:Voice Recognition Software#q1|<span style="display: inline-block; padding: 1px 8px; border-radius: 3px; background: #fff8e6; border: 1px solid #e8c78f; font-size: 0.85em; font-weight: 600; white-space: nowrap; margin-right: 8px;">June 2026 · Q41</span>]] <span style="color: #54595d; font-size: 0.93em;">Which model best represents a digital reproduction of the analog-processed sound in Diagram 1?</span></div>
 <div style="margin: 26px 0 8px; padding: 7px 12px; background: #f3f7fb; border-left: 4px solid #1b599b;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: #0c447c; margin-right: 6px;">Level 2</span><span style="font-size: 0.93em; color: #3a3d40;">List the advantages or disadvantages of using a digital transmission and/or storage of information.</span></div>
 <div style="margin: 5px 0 5px 16px; line-height: 1.45;">[[Questions:Voice Recognition Software#q2|<span style="display: inline-block; padding: 1px 8px; border-radius: 3px; background: #fff8e6; border: 1px solid #e8c78f; font-size: 0.85em; font-weight: 600; white-space: nowrap; margin-right: 8px;">June 2026 · Q42</span>]] <span style="color: #54595d; font-size: 0.93em;">Describe one characteristic of voice recognition software that makes it a less reliable system to store sound data…</span></div>
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 == [[HS-PS4-5|HS-PS4-5 · Waves and Technology]] ==
 <div style="margin: 26px 0 8px; padding: 7px 12px; background: #f3f7fb; border-left: 4px solid #1b599b;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: #0c447c; margin-right: 6px;">Level 1</span><span style="font-size: 0.93em; color: #3a3d40;">Given information about a technological device, identify a principle of wave behavior and/or wave interactions with matter that is used to transmit and/or capture information and/or energy.</span></div>
-<div style="margin: 5px 0 5px 16px; line-height: 1.45;">[[Questions:Kidney Stone Detection and Removal#q1|<span style="display: inline-block; padding: 1px 8px; border-radius: 3px; background: #fff8e6; border: 1px solid #e8c78f; font-size: 0.85em; font-weight: 600; white-space: nowrap; margin-right: 8px;">June 2026 · Q6</span>]] <span style="color: #54595d; font-size: 0.93em;">Which wave phenomenon does ultrasound apply to determine the speed of moving fluids in the body? (1) diffraction (2)…</span></div>
+<div style="margin: 5px 0 5px 16px; line-height: 1.45;">[[Questions:Kidney Stone Detection and Removal#q1|<span style="display: inline-block; padding: 1px 8px; border-radius: 3px; background: #fff8e6; border: 1px solid #e8c78f; font-size: 0.85em; font-weight: 600; white-space: nowrap; margin-right: 8px;">June 2026 · Q6</span>]] <span style="color: #54595d; font-size: 0.93em;">Which wave phenomenon does ultrasound apply to determine the speed of moving fluids in the body?</span></div>
 <div style="margin: 26px 0 8px; padding: 7px 12px; background: #f8fafc; border-left: 4px solid #c9d8ea;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: #0c447c; margin-right: 6px;">Level 2</span><span style="font-size: 0.93em; color: #72777d;">Given information about a technological device, support or refute a claim that explains a principle of wave behavior and/or wave interactions with matter that is used to transmit and/or capture information and/or energy.</span></div>
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		+	\|[[Physics\|{{#far:compass}} Learning standards]]
		+	\|[[Physics question clusters\|{{#far:circle-question}} Exam questions]]
		+	\|[[Physics questions by performance level\|{{#far:chart-bar}} PLDs]]
		+	\|[[Physics Glossary\|{{#far:bookmark}} Glossary]]
		+	\|}
	''Which PLD a question best matches is a judgment call by the wiki's editors. NYSED does not publish official mappings of exam questions to performance levels.''		''Which PLD a question best matches is a judgment call by the wiki's editors. NYSED does not publish official mappings of exam questions to performance levels.''