Regents

The regents exam is a state required exam, it also counts as your final exam grade for Earth Science.

85%+ = mastery of Earth Science

65%+ = passing

< 65% = failing

To qualify to take the regents exam you must have 1200 minutes of hands-on labs, and passing grades on lab reports are needed.

The exam is 2 parts...

Part 1: Lab Practical (Approx. 15-20% of the total score) 9 minutes per station

station 1 - Identify Rocks and Minerals

station 2 - Locating the Epicenter of an Earthquake

station 3 - Drawing Ellipses and Calculating Eccentricity

Part 2: Written exam (3 hours)

• ~50 Multiple Choice

• ~35 Short Answer

Reference Table review: https://sites.google.com/a/dryden.k12.ny.us/mr-wiech-s-science-class/study-resources/earth-science-reference-table-and-review

Regents Practice Problems by subject: http://reviewearthscience.com/pages/topic-tests.php

Past Exams: https://www.nysedregents.org/earthscience/

Practice Past Exams online: https://www.syvum.com/exam/regents/earth_science/