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| ls = Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of
 
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natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.
 
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center"
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! style="padding: 0.5em 1.5em;" | Exam
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! style="padding: 0.5em 1.5em;" | Cluster
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! style="padding: 0.5em 1.5em;" | Question
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|-
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| rowspan="4" style="background-color:white;" | [[August 2026 Earth and Space Science Exam|August 2026 Earth and Space Sciences Regents]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Canary Islands Hotspot|Canary Islands Hotspot]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Canary Islands Hotspot#q5|Question 14]]
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|-
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Earth’s Oceans–A Climate Change Indicator|Earth’s Oceans–A Climate Change Indicator]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Earth’s Oceans–A Climate Change Indicator#q3|Question 17]]
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|-
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Dams on the Colorado River|Dams on the Colorado River]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Dams on the Colorado River#q3|Question 21]]
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|-
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Carbon Emissions in Industry|Carbon Emissions in Industry]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Carbon Emissions in Industry#q4|Question 26]]
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|-
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| rowspan="4" style="background-color:white;" | [[June 2026 Earth and Space Science Exam|June 2026 Earth and Space Sciences Regents]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Iceland Hotspot|Iceland Hotspot]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Iceland Hotspot#q3|Question 3]]
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|-
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:The Influence of Volcanoes on Earth’s Systems|The Influence of Volcanoes on Earth’s Systems]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:The Influence of Volcanoes on Earth’s Systems#q4|Question 27]]
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|-
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:New York’s Concrete Industry|New York’s Concrete Industry]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:New York’s Concrete Industry#q1|Question 28]]
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|-
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Lake Nyos|Lake Nyos]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Lake Nyos#q2|Question 33]]
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|-
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| rowspan="4" style="background-color:white;" | [[January 2026 Earth and Space Science Exam|January 2026 Earth and Space Sciences Regents]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Mined and Mineral Resources of New York State|Mined and Mineral Resources of New York State]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Mined and Mineral Resources of New York State#q2|Question 15]]
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|-
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Mount Morris Dam in Letchworth State Park|Mount Morris Dam in Letchworth State Park]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Mount Morris Dam in Letchworth State Park#q2|Question 39]]
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|-
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Energy and Mineral Resources|Energy and Mineral Resources]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Energy and Mineral Resources#q3|Question 44]]
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|-
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Energy and Mineral Resources|Energy and Mineral Resources]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Energy and Mineral Resources#q4|Question 45]]
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|-
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| rowspan="2" style="background-color:white;" | [[August 2025 Earth and Space Science Exam|August 2025 Earth and Space Sciences Regents]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:How Did Earth Get Its Water?|How Did Earth Get Its Water?]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:How Did Earth Get Its Water?#q6|Question 26]]
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|-
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Dams and Flood Mitigation|Dams and Flood Mitigation]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Dams and Flood Mitigation#q4|Question 39]]
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|-
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| rowspan="3" style="background-color:white;" | [[June 2025 Earth and Space Science Exam|June 2025 Earth and Space Sciences Regents]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:The Carbon Cycle|The Carbon Cycle]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:The Carbon Cycle#q3|Question 13]]
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|-
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:New York State's Hudson River|New York State's Hudson River]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:New York State's Hudson River#q3|Question 23]]
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|-
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Ghost Forests|Ghost Forests]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Ghost Forests#q2|Question 37]]
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|-
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Earth and Space Science Sample Questions|Earth and Space Sciences sample clusters]] (Spring 2024)
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:ESS Effect of The Moon on Earth|The Effect of The Moon on Earth]]
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| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:ESS Effect of The Moon on Earth#q3|Question 3]]
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|}
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== Vocabulary ==
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Terms from the [[Earth & Space Science Glossary]] that come from this standard or from the released exam questions that assess it.
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<div class="vocab-subhead">From this standard</div>
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<div class="vocab-list" style="column-width:14em;">
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* blizzards
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* delta
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* droughts
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* earthquakes
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* fertile soils
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* floods
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* fossil fuels
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* fresh water
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* groundwater
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* human activity
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* hurricanes
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* interior processes
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* lakes
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* livestock
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* mass migrations
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* mass wasting
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* migration
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* minerals
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* mitigate
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* model
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* natural hazards
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* natural resources
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* peer review
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* precipitation
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* river
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* sea level
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* severe weather
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* soil
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* soil erosion
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* surface processes
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* tornadoes
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* tsunamis
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* volcanic eruptions
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<div class="vocab-subhead">From released exam questions</div>
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<div class="vocab-list" style="column-width:20em;">
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* [[Questions:Iceland Hotspot#q3|air quality]] – June 2026
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* [[Questions:How Did Earth Get Its Water?#q6|aquifer]] – Aug 2025
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* [[Questions:Iceland Hotspot#q3|atmosphere]] – June 2026, [[Questions:The Carbon Cycle#q3|June 2025]]
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* [[Questions:ESS Effect of The Moon on Earth#q3|auto exhaust]] – Sample 2024
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* [[Questions:Dams on the Colorado River#q3|basin]] – Aug 2026
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* [[Questions:Ghost Forests#q2|brackish water]] – June 2025
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* [[Questions:Lake Nyos#q2|carbon dioxide]] – June 2026, [[Questions:The Carbon Cycle#q3|June 2025]]
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* [[Questions:Earth’s Oceans–A Climate Change Indicator#q3|climate change]] – Aug 2026, [[Questions:The Carbon Cycle#q3|June 2025]]
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* [[Questions:Energy and Mineral Resources#q4|coal]] – Jan 2026
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* [[Questions:Earth’s Oceans–A Climate Change Indicator#q3|coastal flooding]] – Aug 2026
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* [[Questions:Dams and Flood Mitigation#q4|dams]] – Aug 2025
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* [[Questions:Dams and Flood Mitigation#q4|dissolved oxygen]] – Aug 2025
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* [[Questions:New York State's Hudson River#q3|drinking water]] – June 2025
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* [[Questions:The Influence of Volcanoes on Earth’s Systems#q4|early warning system]] – June 2026
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* [[Questions:Energy and Mineral Resources#q3|Earth]] – Jan 2026
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* [[Questions:Canary Islands Hotspot#q5|earthquake swarm]] – Aug 2026
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* [[Questions:ESS Effect of The Moon on Earth#q3|emissions]] – Sample 2024
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* [[Questions:Mount Morris Dam in Letchworth State Park#q2|erosion]] – Jan 2026
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* [[Questions:Mount Morris Dam in Letchworth State Park#q2|gravity]] – Jan 2026
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* [[Questions:ESS Effect of The Moon on Earth#q3|greenhouse gases]] – Sample 2024
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* [[Questions:Dams and Flood Mitigation#q4|habitats]] – Aug 2025
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* [[Questions:The Influence of Volcanoes on Earth’s Systems#q4|hazard map]] – June 2026
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* [[Questions:Earth’s Oceans–A Climate Change Indicator#q3|heat wave]] – Aug 2026
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* [[Questions:Earth’s Oceans–A Climate Change Indicator#q3|heating and cooling degree days]] – Aug 2026
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* [[Questions:Ghost Forests#q2|high tide]] – June 2025
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* [[Questions:ESS Effect of The Moon on Earth#q3|hydroelectric energy]] – Sample 2024
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* [[Questions:Iceland Hotspot#q3|ice]] – June 2026
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* [[Questions:Dams on the Colorado River#q3|irrigation]] – Aug 2026
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* [[Questions:New York’s Concrete Industry#q1|kiln]] – June 2026
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* [[Questions:Mount Morris Dam in Letchworth State Park#q2|landslides]] – Jan 2026
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* [[Questions:Canary Islands Hotspot#q5|lava]] – Aug 2026
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* [[Questions:Canary Islands Hotspot#q5|lava flows]] – Aug 2026
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* [[Questions:Iceland Hotspot#q3|magma]] – June 2026
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* [[Questions:New York’s Concrete Industry#q1|mountain]] – June 2026
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* [[Questions:Canary Islands Hotspot#q5|natural disaster]] – Aug 2026
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* [[Questions:Energy and Mineral Resources#q4|natural gas]] – Jan 2026
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* [[Questions:ESS Effect of The Moon on Earth#q3|non-renewable resource]] – Sample 2024
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* [[Questions:ESS Effect of The Moon on Earth#q3|nuclear energy]] – Sample 2024
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* [[Questions:Canary Islands Hotspot#q5|ocean]] – Aug 2026, [[Questions:Iceland Hotspot#q3|June 2026]], [[Questions:How Did Earth Get Its Water?#q6|Aug 2025]]
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* [[Questions:How Did Earth Get Its Water?#q6|over-pumping]] – Aug 2025
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* [[Questions:The Influence of Volcanoes on Earth’s Systems#q4|pyroclastic flow]] – June 2026
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* [[Questions:Energy and Mineral Resources#q3|recycling]] – Jan 2026
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* [[Questions:ESS Effect of The Moon on Earth#q3|renewable resource]] – Sample 2024
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* [[Questions:New York’s Concrete Industry#q1|river valley]] – June 2026
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* [[Questions:New York State's Hudson River#q3|salinity]] – June 2025
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* [[Questions:New York State's Hudson River#q3|salt front]] – June 2025
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* [[Questions:Ghost Forests#q2|salt marsh]] – June 2025
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* [[Questions:Earth’s Oceans–A Climate Change Indicator#q3|sea ice]] – Aug 2026
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* [[Questions:Earth’s Oceans–A Climate Change Indicator#q3|snowpack]] – Aug 2026
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* [[Questions:Energy and Mineral Resources#q4|solar energy]] – Jan 2026
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* [[Questions:Canary Islands Hotspot#q5|volcano]] – Aug 2026, [[Questions:Iceland Hotspot#q3|June 2026]]
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* [[Questions:Dams and Flood Mitigation#q4|water quality]] – Aug 2025
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* [[Questions:How Did Earth Get Its Water?#q6|water table]] – Aug 2025, [[Questions:Ghost Forests#q2|June 2025]]
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* [[Questions:Mount Morris Dam in Letchworth State Park#q2|weathering]] – Jan 2026
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* [[Questions:Earth’s Oceans–A Climate Change Indicator#q3|wildfire]] – Aug 2026, [[Questions:The Carbon Cycle#q3|June 2025]]
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| Level5 = Construct an explanation based on evidence synthesized from a variety of sources of how human activity has been affected by the availability of natural resources, the occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate. Design a plan to adapt to and/or mitigate the effects of natural perturbations.
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| Level4 = Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.
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| Level3 = Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how human activity has been affected by the availability of natural resources, or occurrence of natural hazards, or changes in climate.
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| Example3 = <span class="pld-chip pld-chip-ess">[[Questions:Carbon Emissions in Industry#q4|Aug 2026 · Q26]]</span> <span class="pld-chip pld-chip-ess">[[Questions:Mined and Mineral Resources of New York State#q2|Jan 2026 · Q15]]</span> <span class="pld-chip pld-chip-ess">[[Questions:How Did Earth Get Its Water?#q6|Aug 2025 · Q26]]</span> <span class="pld-chip pld-chip-ess">[[Questions:Ghost Forests#q2|June 2025 · Q37]]</span>
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| Level2 = Identify an evidence-based explanation, from those provided, that describes how the availability of natural resources, or the occurrence of natural hazards, or changes in climate have influenced human activity.
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| Example2 = <span class="pld-chip pld-chip-ess">[[Questions:Canary Islands Hotspot#q5|Aug 2026 · Q14]]</span> <span class="pld-chip pld-chip-ess">[[Questions:Dams on the Colorado River#q3|Aug 2026 · Q21]]</span> <span class="pld-chip pld-chip-ess">[[Questions:Earth’s Oceans–A Climate Change Indicator#q3|Aug 2026 · Q17]]</span> <span class="pld-chip pld-chip-ess">[[Questions:Lake Nyos#q2|June 2026 · Q33]]</span> <span class="pld-chip pld-chip-ess">[[Questions:Energy and Mineral Resources#q3|Jan 2026 · Q44]]</span> <span class="pld-chip pld-chip-ess">[[Questions:Energy and Mineral Resources#q4|Jan 2026 · Q45]]</span> <span class="pld-chip pld-chip-ess">[[Questions:Dams and Flood Mitigation#q4|Aug 2025 · Q39]]</span> <span class="pld-chip pld-chip-ess">[[Questions:ESS Effect of The Moon on Earth#q3|June 2025 · Q3]]</span> <span class="pld-chip pld-chip-ess">[[Questions:New York State's Hudson River#q3|June 2025 · Q23]]</span> <span class="pld-chip pld-chip-ess">[[Questions:The Carbon Cycle#q3|June 2025 · Q13]]</span>
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| Level1 = Identify the evidence that supports an explanation for how human activity has been affected by the availability of natural resources, or the occurrence of natural hazards, or changes in climate.
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| Example1 = <span class="pld-chip pld-chip-ess">[[Questions:Iceland Hotspot#q3|June 2026 · Q3]]</span> <span class="pld-chip pld-chip-ess">[[Questions:New York’s Concrete Industry#q1|June 2026 · Q28]]</span> <span class="pld-chip pld-chip-ess">[[Questions:The Influence of Volcanoes on Earth’s Systems#q4|June 2026 · Q27]]</span> <span class="pld-chip pld-chip-ess">[[Questions:Mount Morris Dam in Letchworth State Park#q2|Jan 2026 · Q39]]</span>
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Latest revision as of 09:46, 18 October 2026

← HS-ESS3-5
HS-ESS3-2 →

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.

Clarification statement: Examples of key natural resources include access to fresh water (such as rivers, lakes, and groundwater), regions of fertile soils such as river deltas, and high concentrations of minerals and fossil fuels. Examples of natural hazards can be from interior processes (such as volcanic eruptions and earthquakes), surface processes (such as tsunamis, mass wasting and soil erosion), and severe weather (such as blizzards, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and droughts). Examples of the results of changes in climate that can affect populations or drive mass migrations include changes to sea level, regional patterns of temperature and precipitation, and the types of crops and livestock that can be raised.

Reference Tables

Relevant reference tables:


Regents Exam Questions

Released New York State Regents exam questions that assess HS-ESS3-1 are listed here by exam and question cluster. Each link opens the question with its answer key.

Exam Cluster Question
August 2026 Earth and Space Sciences Regents Canary Islands Hotspot Question 14
Earth’s Oceans–A Climate Change Indicator Question 17
Dams on the Colorado River Question 21
Carbon Emissions in Industry Question 26
June 2026 Earth and Space Sciences Regents Iceland Hotspot Question 3
The Influence of Volcanoes on Earth’s Systems Question 27
New York’s Concrete Industry Question 28
Lake Nyos Question 33
January 2026 Earth and Space Sciences Regents Mined and Mineral Resources of New York State Question 15
Mount Morris Dam in Letchworth State Park Question 39
Energy and Mineral Resources Question 44
Energy and Mineral Resources Question 45
August 2025 Earth and Space Sciences Regents How Did Earth Get Its Water? Question 26
Dams and Flood Mitigation Question 39
June 2025 Earth and Space Sciences Regents The Carbon Cycle Question 13
New York State's Hudson River Question 23
Ghost Forests Question 37
Earth and Space Sciences sample clusters (Spring 2024) The Effect of The Moon on Earth Question 3

Vocabulary

Terms from the Earth & Space Science Glossary that come from this standard or from the released exam questions that assess it.

From this standard
  • blizzards
  • delta
  • droughts
  • earthquakes
  • fertile soils
  • floods
  • fossil fuels
  • fresh water
  • groundwater
  • human activity
  • hurricanes
  • interior processes
  • lakes
  • livestock
  • mass migrations
  • mass wasting
  • migration
  • minerals
  • mitigate
  • model
  • natural hazards
  • natural resources
  • peer review
  • precipitation
  • river
  • sea level
  • severe weather
  • soil
  • soil erosion
  • surface processes
  • tornadoes
  • tsunamis
  • volcanic eruptions
From released exam questions

Performance Level Descriptions

Every Regents exam question on HS-ESS3-1 is written to match one of the performance level descriptions (PLDs) below.

Level 1: Identify the evidence that supports an explanation for how human activity has been affected by the availability of natural resources, or the occurrence of natural hazards, or changes in climate. June 2026 · Q3 June 2026 · Q28 June 2026 · Q27 Jan 2026 · Q39
Level 2: Identify an evidence-based explanation, from those provided, that describes how the availability of natural resources, or the occurrence of natural hazards, or changes in climate have influenced human activity. Aug 2026 · Q14 Aug 2026 · Q21 Aug 2026 · Q17 June 2026 · Q33 Jan 2026 · Q44 Jan 2026 · Q45 Aug 2025 · Q39 June 2025 · Q3 June 2025 · Q23 June 2025 · Q13
Level 3: Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how human activity has been affected by the availability of natural resources, or occurrence of natural hazards, or changes in climate. Aug 2026 · Q26 Jan 2026 · Q15 Aug 2025 · Q26 June 2025 · Q37
Level 4: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.
Level 5: Construct an explanation based on evidence synthesized from a variety of sources of how human activity has been affected by the availability of natural resources, the occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate. Design a plan to adapt to and/or mitigate the effects of natural perturbations.
Notice: PLD levels!

NGSS Dimensions

Performance expectation HS-ESS3-1 was developed using the following elements from the NRC document A Framework for K-12 Science Education:

Science and Engineering Practices
  • Constructing explanations and designing solutions: Construct an explanation based on valid and reliable evidence obtained from a variety of sources (including students’ own investigations, models, theories, simulations, peer review) and the assumption that theories and laws that describe the natural world operate today as they did in the past and will continue to do so in the future.
Disciplinary Core Ideas
  • Natural resources: Resource availability has guided the development of human society.
  • Natural hazards: Natural hazards and other geologic events have shaped the course of human history; [they] have significantly altered the sizes of human populations and have driven human migrations.
Crosscutting Concepts
  • Cause and effect: Empirical evidence is required to differentiate between cause and correlation and make claims about specific causes and effects.
  • Influence of Engineering, Technology, and Science on Society and the Natural World: Modern civilization depends on major technological systems.
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Earth and Space Science | HS. Human Sustainability
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