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The June 2024 grade 8 science test is composed of 25 multiple choice and 28 constructed response questions organized into ten question clusters.
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The spring 2024 grade 8 science test is composed of 25 multiple choice and 28 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 Transfer by Waves|Energy Transfer by Waves]]</big>'''
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'''<span id="c1"></span><big>[[Questions:Energy Transfer by Waves|Energy Transfer by Waves]]</big>'''
 
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| [[Questions:Energy Transfer by Waves#q1|Question 1]] || [[MS-PS4-1]] || 0.39
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| [[Questions:Energy Transfer by Waves#q2|Question 2]] || [[MS-PS4-2]] || 0.37
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| [[Questions:Energy Transfer by Waves#q3|Question 3]] || [[MS-PS4-2]] || 0.60
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Energy Transfer by Waves#q3|Question 3]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-PS4-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.60
 
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| [[Questions:Energy Transfer by Waves#q4|Question 4]] || [[MS-PS4-2]] || 0.37
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Energy Transfer by Waves#q4|Question 4]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-PS4-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.37
 
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| [[Questions:Energy Transfer by Waves#q5|Question 5]] || [[MS-PS4-1]] || 0.55
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Energy Transfer by Waves#q5|Question 5]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-PS4-1]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.55
 
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'''<big>[[Questions:Variation and Corn|Variation and Corn]]</big>'''
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'''<span id="c2"></span><big>[[Questions:Variation and Corn|Variation and Corn]]</big>'''
 
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| [[Questions:Variation and Corn#q1|Question 6]] || [[MS-LS4-5]] || 0.64
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Variation and Corn#q1|Question 6]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-LS4-5]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.64
 
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| [[Questions:Variation and Corn#q2|Question 7]] || [[MS-LS4-5]] || 0.18
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Variation and Corn#q2|Question 7]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-LS4-5]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.18
 
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| [[Questions:Variation and Corn#q3|Question 8]] || [[MS-LS3-2]] || 0.17
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Variation and Corn#q3|Question 8]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-LS3-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.17
 
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| [[Questions:Variation and Corn#q4|Question 9]] || [[MS-LS4-5]] || 0.73
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Variation and Corn#q4|Question 9]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-LS4-5]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.73
 
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| [[Questions:Variation and Corn#q5|Question 10]] || [[MS-LS3-1]] || 0.23
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Variation and Corn#q5|Question 10]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-LS3-1]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.23
 
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| [[Questions:Variation and Corn#q6|Question 11]] || [[MS-ETS1-2]] || 0.55
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Variation and Corn#q6|Question 11]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-ETS1-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.55
 
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'''<big>[[Questions:Energy of Skateboarders|Energy of Skateboarders]]</big>'''
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'''<span id="c3"></span><big>[[Questions:Energy of Skateboarders|Energy of Skateboarders]]</big>'''
 
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| [[Questions:Energy of Skateboarders#q1|Question 12]] || [[MS-PS3-1]] || 0.11
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Energy of Skateboarders#q1|Question 12]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-PS3-1]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.11
 
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| [[Questions:Energy of Skateboarders#q2|Question 13]] || [[MS-PS3-1]] || 0.14
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Energy of Skateboarders#q2|Question 13]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-PS3-1]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.14
 
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| [[Questions:Energy of Skateboarders#q3|Question 14]] || [[MS-PS3-1]] || 0.80
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Energy of Skateboarders#q3|Question 14]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-PS3-1]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.80
 
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| [[Questions:Energy of Skateboarders#q4|Question 15]] || [[MS-PS3-1]] || 0.11
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Energy of Skateboarders#q4|Question 15]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-PS3-1]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.11
 
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| [[Questions:Energy of Skateboarders#q5|Question 16]] || [[MS-PS3-2]] || 0.44
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Energy of Skateboarders#q5|Question 16]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-PS3-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.44
 
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'''<big>[[Questions:Reservoirs and Town Water Districts|Reservoirs and Town Water Districts]]</big>'''
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'''<span id="c4"></span><big>[[Questions:Reservoirs and Town Water Districts|Reservoirs and Town Water Districts]]</big>'''
 
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| [[Questions:Reservoirs and Town Water Districts#q1|Question 17]] || [[MS-ESS3-3]] || 0.15
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Reservoirs and Town Water Districts#q1|Question 17]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-ESS3-3]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.15
 
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| [[Questions:Reservoirs and Town Water Districts#q2|Question 18]] || [[MS-ESS3-1]] || 0.46
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Reservoirs and Town Water Districts#q2|Question 18]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-ESS3-1]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.46
 
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| [[Questions:Reservoirs and Town Water Districts#q3|Question 19]] || [[MS-ESS3-4]] || 0.37
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Reservoirs and Town Water Districts#q3|Question 19]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-ESS3-4]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.37
 
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| [[Questions:Reservoirs and Town Water Districts#q4|Question 20]] || [[MS-ESS3-2]] || 0.07
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Reservoirs and Town Water Districts#q4|Question 20]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-ESS3-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.07
 
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| [[Questions:Reservoirs and Town Water Districts#q5|Question 21]] || [[MS-ESS3-2]] || 0.38
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Reservoirs and Town Water Districts#q5|Question 21]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-ESS3-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.38
 
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| [[Questions:Reservoirs and Town Water Districts#q6|Question 22]] || [[MS-ESS3-4]] || 0.27
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Reservoirs and Town Water Districts#q6|Question 22]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-ESS3-4]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.27
 
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'''<big>[[Questions:Evolutionary Relationships|Evolutionary Relationships]]</big>'''
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'''<span id="c5"></span><big>[[Questions:Evolutionary Relationships|Evolutionary Relationships]]</big>'''
 
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| [[Questions:Evolutionary Relationships#q1|Question 23]] || [[MS-LS4-3]] || 0.60
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Evolutionary Relationships#q1|Question 23]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-LS4-3]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.60
 
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| [[Questions:Evolutionary Relationships#q2|Question 24]] || [[MS-LS4-3]] || 0.35
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Evolutionary Relationships#q2|Question 24]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-LS4-3]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.35
 
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| [[Questions:Evolutionary Relationships#q3|Question 25]] || [[MS-LS4-2]] || 0.14
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Evolutionary Relationships#q3|Question 25]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-LS4-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.14
 
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| [[Questions:Evolutionary Relationships#q4|Question 26]] || [[MS-LS1-4]] || 0.31
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Evolutionary Relationships#q4|Question 26]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-LS1-4]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.31
 
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| [[Questions:Evolutionary Relationships#q5|Question 27]] || [[MS-LS4-1]] || 0.53
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Evolutionary Relationships#q5|Question 27]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-LS4-1]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.53
 
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'''<big>[[Questions:Gravitational Forces|Gravitational Forces]]</big>'''
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'''<span id="c6"></span><big>[[Questions:Gravitational Forces|Gravitational Forces]]</big>'''
 
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| [[Questions:Gravitational Forces#q1|Question 28]] || [[MS-PS2-4]] || 0.37
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Gravitational Forces#q1|Question 28]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-PS2-4]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.37
 
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| [[Questions:Gravitational Forces#q2|Question 29]] || [[MS-PS2-4]] || 0.42
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Gravitational Forces#q2|Question 29]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-PS2-4]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.42
 
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| [[Questions:Gravitational Forces#q3|Question 30]] || [[MS-PS2-5]] || 0.07
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Gravitational Forces#q3|Question 30]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-PS2-5]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.07
 
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| [[Questions:Gravitational Forces#q4|Question 31]] || [[MS-PS2-2]] || 0.29
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Gravitational Forces#q4|Question 31]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-PS2-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.29
 
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| [[Questions:Gravitational Forces#q5|Question 32]] || [[MS-ESS1-2]] || 0.13
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Gravitational Forces#q5|Question 32]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-ESS1-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.13
 
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'''<big>[[Questions:Death Valley|Death Valley]]</big>'''
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'''<span id="c7"></span><big>[[Questions:Death Valley|Death Valley]]</big>'''
 
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| [[Questions:Death Valley#q1|Question 33]] || [[MS-ESS2-1]] || 0.38
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Death Valley#q1|Question 33]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-ESS2-1]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.38
 
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| [[Questions:Death Valley#q2|Question 34]] || [[MS-ESS2-1]] || 0.30
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Death Valley#q2|Question 34]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-ESS2-1]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.30
 
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| [[Questions:Death Valley#q3|Question 35]] || [[MS-ESS2-3]] || 0.29
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Death Valley#q3|Question 35]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-ESS2-3]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.29
 
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| [[Questions:Death Valley#q4|Question 36]] || [[MS-ESS2-4]] || 0.05
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Death Valley#q4|Question 36]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-ESS2-4]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.05
 
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| [[Questions:Death Valley#q5|Question 37]] || [[MS-ESS3-2]] || 0.20
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Death Valley#q5|Question 37]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-ESS3-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.20
 
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| [[Questions:Death Valley#q6|Question 38]] || [[MS-ESS3-2]] || 0.40
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Death Valley#q6|Question 38]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-ESS3-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.40
 
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'''<big>[[Questions:Respiration|Respiration]]</big>'''
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'''<span id="c8"></span><big>[[Questions:Respiration|Respiration]]</big>'''
 
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| [[Questions:Respiration#q1|Question 39]] || [[MS-LS1-7]] || 0.39
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Respiration#q1|Question 39]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-LS1-7]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.39
 
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| [[Questions:Respiration#q2|Question 40]] || [[MS-LS1-3]] || 0.06
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Respiration#q2|Question 40]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-LS1-3]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.06
 
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| [[Questions:Respiration#q3|Question 41]] || [[MS-LS1-2]] || 0.33
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Respiration#q3|Question 41]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-LS1-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.33
 
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| [[Questions:Respiration#q4|Question 42]] || [[MS-LS2-4]] || 0.35
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Respiration#q4|Question 42]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-LS2-4]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.35
 
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| [[Questions:Respiration#q5|Question 43]] || [[MS-LS4-4]] || 0.39
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Respiration#q5|Question 43]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-LS4-4]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.39
 
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'''<big>[[Questions:Ecosystem of the Eastern Bluebird|Ecosystem of the Eastern Bluebird]]</big>'''
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'''<span id="c9"></span><big>[[Questions:Ecosystem of the Eastern Bluebird|Ecosystem of the Eastern Bluebird]]</big>'''
 
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| [[Questions:Ecosystem of the Eastern Bluebird#q1|Question 44]] || [[MS-LS2-2]] || 0.61
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Ecosystem of the Eastern Bluebird#q1|Question 44]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-LS2-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.61
 
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| [[Questions:Ecosystem of the Eastern Bluebird#q2|Question 45]] || [[MS-LS2-2]] || 0.30
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Ecosystem of the Eastern Bluebird#q2|Question 45]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-LS2-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.30
 
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|-
| [[Questions:Ecosystem of the Eastern Bluebird#q3|Question 46]] || [[MS-LS2-2]] || 0.20
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Ecosystem of the Eastern Bluebird#q3|Question 46]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-LS2-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.20
 
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|-
| [[Questions:Ecosystem of the Eastern Bluebird#q4|Question 47]] || [[MS-LS2-4]] || 0.39
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Ecosystem of the Eastern Bluebird#q4|Question 47]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-LS2-4]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.39
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Questions:Ecosystem of the Eastern Bluebird#q5|Question 48]] || [[MS-ESS3-3]] || 0.48
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Ecosystem of the Eastern Bluebird#q5|Question 48]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-ESS3-3]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.48
 
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'''<big>[[Questions:The Chemistry of Propane|The Chemistry of Propane]]</big>'''
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'''<span id="c10"></span><big>[[Questions:The Chemistry of Propane|The Chemistry of Propane]]</big>'''
 
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| [[Questions:The Chemistry of Propane#q1|Question 49]] || [[MS-PS1-1]] || 0.20
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:The Chemistry of Propane#q1|Question 49]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-PS1-1]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.20
 
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| [[Questions:The Chemistry of Propane#q2|Question 50]] || [[MS-PS1-2]] || 0.18
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:The Chemistry of Propane#q2|Question 50]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-PS1-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.18
 
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|-
| [[Questions:The Chemistry of Propane#q3|Question 51]] || [[MS-PS1-5]] || 0.34
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:The Chemistry of Propane#q3|Question 51]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-PS1-5]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.34
 
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|-
| [[Questions:The Chemistry of Propane#q4|Question 52]] || [[MS-PS1-1]] || 0.13
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:The Chemistry of Propane#q4|Question 52]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-PS1-1]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.13
 
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|-
| [[Questions:The Chemistry of Propane#q5|Question 53]] || [[MS-PS1-4]] || 0.39
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:The Chemistry of Propane#q5|Question 53]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-PS1-4]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.39
 
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<metadesc>View the questions, answer key, performance expectation, and measured difficulty of each question from the NYS spring 2024 grade 8 science test.</metadesc>

Latest revision as of 09:37, 17 May 2025

Cluster View Table View

The spring 2024 grade 8 science test is composed of 25 multiple choice and 28 constructed response questions organized into ten question clusters. Data on the percentage of students answering correctly is from NYSED.

Energy Transfer by Waves

Question Standard % correct
Question 1 MS-PS4-1 0.39
Question 2 MS-PS4-2 0.37
Question 3 MS-PS4-2 0.60
Question 4 MS-PS4-2 0.37
Question 5 MS-PS4-1 0.55



Variation and Corn

Question Standard % correct
Question 6 MS-LS4-5 0.64
Question 7 MS-LS4-5 0.18
Question 8 MS-LS3-2 0.17
Question 9 MS-LS4-5 0.73
Question 10 MS-LS3-1 0.23
Question 11 MS-ETS1-2 0.55



Energy of Skateboarders

Question Standard % correct
Question 12 MS-PS3-1 0.11
Question 13 MS-PS3-1 0.14
Question 14 MS-PS3-1 0.80
Question 15 MS-PS3-1 0.11
Question 16 MS-PS3-2 0.44



Reservoirs and Town Water Districts

Question Standard % correct
Question 17 MS-ESS3-3 0.15
Question 18 MS-ESS3-1 0.46
Question 19 MS-ESS3-4 0.37
Question 20 MS-ESS3-2 0.07
Question 21 MS-ESS3-2 0.38
Question 22 MS-ESS3-4 0.27



Evolutionary Relationships

Question Standard % correct
Question 23 MS-LS4-3 0.60
Question 24 MS-LS4-3 0.35
Question 25 MS-LS4-2 0.14
Question 26 MS-LS1-4 0.31
Question 27 MS-LS4-1 0.53



Gravitational Forces

Question Standard % correct
Question 28 MS-PS2-4 0.37
Question 29 MS-PS2-4 0.42
Question 30 MS-PS2-5 0.07
Question 31 MS-PS2-2 0.29
Question 32 MS-ESS1-2 0.13



Death Valley

Question Standard % correct
Question 33 MS-ESS2-1 0.38
Question 34 MS-ESS2-1 0.30
Question 35 MS-ESS2-3 0.29
Question 36 MS-ESS2-4 0.05
Question 37 MS-ESS3-2 0.20
Question 38 MS-ESS3-2 0.40



Respiration

Question Standard % correct
Question 39 MS-LS1-7 0.39
Question 40 MS-LS1-3 0.06
Question 41 MS-LS1-2 0.33
Question 42 MS-LS2-4 0.35
Question 43 MS-LS4-4 0.39



Ecosystem of the Eastern Bluebird

Question Standard % correct
Question 44 MS-LS2-2 0.61
Question 45 MS-LS2-2 0.30
Question 46 MS-LS2-2 0.20
Question 47 MS-LS2-4 0.39
Question 48 MS-ESS3-3 0.48



The Chemistry of Propane

Question Standard % correct
Question 49 MS-PS1-1 0.20
Question 50 MS-PS1-2 0.18
Question 51 MS-PS1-5 0.34
Question 52 MS-PS1-1 0.13
Question 53 MS-PS1-4 0.39