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Elementary Education: Science Subtest

Provider
ETS
Format
Computer-delivered selected-response and numeric-entry questions; official science samples include single selection, multiple selection and lunar-phase diagrams; an on-screen scientific calculator is provided.
Exam questions
Total questions: 55.
Time limit
60 minutes
Examination outline
  • Earth Science — Official range: 17–18 questions (33%)
    • Structure of the Earth system
    • Processes of the Earth system
    • Earth history
    • Earth and the universe
    • Earth patterns, cycles, and change
    • Science as a human endeavor, process, and career
    • Science as inquiry
    • Resource and research material in science
    • Unifying processes of science
  • Life Science — Official range: 18–19 questions (33%)
    • Structure and function of living systems
    • Reproduction and heredity
    • Change over time in living things
    • Regulation and behavior
    • Unity and diversity of life, adaptation, and classification
    • Interdependence of organisms
    • Personal health
    • Science as a human endeavor, process, and career
    • Science as inquiry
    • Resource and research material in science
    • Unifying processes of science
  • Physical Science — Official range: 18–19 questions (33%)
    • Physical and chemical properties and structure of matter
    • Forces and motions
    • Energy
    • Interactions of energy and matter
    • Science as a human endeavor, process, and career
    • Science as inquiry
    • Resource and research material in science
    • Unifying processes of science
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