Chemistry Regents

Six topic areas

Structures and Properties of Matter

Atomic structure, periodic patterns, bonding, intermolecular forces, gas behavior, solutions, nuclear processes. Connects particulate-level structure to bulk properties.

Anchored to: HS-PS1-1, HS-PS1-3, HS-PS1-8, HS-PS1-9, HS-PS1-10, HS-PS2-6

02 36-46%

Chemical Reactions

Stoichiometry, conservation of mass, reaction rates, equilibrium, acids and bases, oxidation-reduction. Largest topic by question count.

Anchored to: HS-PS1-2, HS-PS1-4, HS-PS1-5, HS-PS1-6, HS-PS1-7, HS-PS1-11, HS-PS1-12

03 10-14%

Energy

Energy flow in chemical and physical systems, computational models, charged particles, electric and magnetic fields. Thermochemistry framed as system modeling.

Anchored to: HS-PS3-1, HS-PS3-5, HS-PS1-4

04 5-7%

Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation

EM spectrum, absorption and emission, evaluating real-world claims about radiation effects on matter.

Anchored to: HS-PS4-4

05 2-5%

Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems

The chemistry-biology crossover. Photosynthesis and cellular respiration as chemical systems, matter cycling, energy flow.

Anchored to: HS-LS1-5 (with HS-PS1-4)

06 5-11%

Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science

Designing and evaluating solutions to real-world chemistry-related problems. Trade-offs, constraints, criteria, and computational models. Often embedded into other clusters.

Anchored to: HS-ETS1-1, HS-ETS1-2, HS-ETS1-3, HS-ETS1-4

Three primer pages

Read these first if you have not yet seen the new exam format. They explain how the test is built so the topics make more sense when you study them.

Primer 1

All topics