Regents Prep: Living Environment: Exam Overview
Extended CRQ

 Part D Overview

This section consists of 11 - 13 multiple-choice and/or open-ended constructed response questions relating to the current four State Labs.

Currently, the four State Labs include Relationships and Biodiversity, Making Connections, The Beaks of Finches, and Diffusion Through a Membrane.

Questions on this part of the regents involve interpreting diagrams and expected results from the labs.

You may be asked to label a diagram or manipulate a diagram to show typical results of the laboratory investigation.

A sample extended CRQ follows:
Exam Sections
A.

Multiple-Choice

B. Multiple-Choice &
Short CRQ
C. Extended CRQ
D. Laboratory Performance

 Part D Sample Extended CRQ

A student carried out a lab activity where she was asked to squeeze a clothespin as many

times as she could in one minute and record that number. She immediately tried the

same activity again, thinking she could do better the second time, but the number was

lower. She immediately tried again, but the number was lower still.

State one reason why she continued to get lower numbers, even though she tried to

increase the number of squeezes several times. [1]

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