Sample Question Clusters

Below are NGSS-style sample question clusters that have been released by NYSED to help familiarize educators with the new Regents exams in biology, earth and space sciences, chemistry, and physics.

Life Science: Biology

Coral Reefs (Spring 2024)

• Question 1 – HS-LS2-6
• Question 2 – HS-LS1-5
• Question 3 – HS-LS2-2
• Question 4 – HS-LS2-1
• Question 5 – HS-LS4-4
• Question 6 – HS-ETS1-3

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Dinosaurs-Evolution (Spring 2024)

• Question 1 – HS-LS4-2
• Question 2 – HS-LS4-5
• Question 3 – HS-LS2-6
• Question 4 – HS-LS4-4
• Question 5 – HS-LS4-5

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Prostaglandins (Spring 2024)

• Question 1 – HS-LS1-1
• Question 2 – HS-LS1-1
• Question 3 – HS-LS3-2
• Question 4 – HS-LS3-1
• Question 5 – HS-LS1-1
• Question 6 – HS-ETS1-1

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Old Forest (Fall 2024)

• Question 1 – HS-LS2-5
• Question 2 – HS-LS4-5
• Question 3 – HS-ESS2-7
• Question 4 – HS-LS4-5
• Question 5 – HS-ETS1-1

Earth and Space Sciences

Modeling of Earth's Interior (Spring 2024)

• Question 1 – HS-ESS2-3
• Question 2 – HS-ESS2-3
• Question 3 – HS-ESS2-3
• Question 4 – HS-ESS2-3
• Question 5 – HS-ESS2-3
• Question 6 – HS-ESS2-3

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Plate Tectonics (Spring 2024)

• Question 1 – HS-ESS2-1
• Question 2 – HS-ESS1-6
• Question 3 – HS-ESS1-5
• Question 4 – HS-ESS2-3
• Question 5 – HS-ESS1-5
• Question 6 – HS-ESS2-2

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The Effect of the Moon on Earth (Spring 2024)

• Question 1 – HS-ESS1-7
• Question 2 – HS-ESS1-7
• Question 3 – HS-ESS3-1
• Question 4 – HS-ESS1-7
• Question 5 – HS-ESS1-4
• Question 6 – HS-ESS1-7

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Earth's Climate (Fall 2024)

• Question 1 – HS-ESS2-4
• Question 2 – HS-ESS2-4
• Question 3 – HS-ESS2-2
• Question 4 – HS-ESS3-5
• Question 5 – HS-ESS2-2

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Theia and the Moon (Fall 2024)

• Question 1 - HS-ESS2-1
• Question 2 - HS-ESS1-6
• Question 3 - HS-ESS1-6
• Question 4 - HS-ESS2-1
• Question 5 - HS-ESS1-6
• Question 6 - HS-ESS2-3