public-exam · Newfoundland & Labrador
Earth Systems 3209 Public Exam
- Grade 12
Dates and details can change. We do our best to keep this page up to date, but check the official sources before relying on it.
- Total time
- 3 h
- Marked questions
- 80
- Counts for
- 15% of the final mark
- Calculator
- Not allowed
- Format
- On a computer
Earth Systems 3209 Public Exam practice test
The whole exam or the parts you choose, in its own format, on the clock.
A question, timed, with the exam’s tools
The marked result, part by part
A practice run of Saskatchewan’s Grade 9 math assessment.
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When
2 sessions this school year: Late January to early February 2027 (the date isn't published; inferred) and Mid to late June 2027 (the date isn't published; inferred from the old public exams' June sittings).
Late January to early February 2027 (the date isn't published; inferred)
- January 25 to February 5, 2027School day · Earth Systems 3209 mid-term exam
Mid to late June 2027 (the date isn't published; inferred from the old public exams' June sittings)
- June 14 to June 25, 2027School day · Earth Systems 3209 final exam
The dates are Newfoundland & Labrador’s own, read on November 9, 2026. See the official schedule (gov.nl.ca)
What’s on it
5 topics. Unit 3: Earth Materials counts most, at 35%.
- Unit 1: Introduction6%
- Unit 2: Historical Geology18%
- Unit 3: Earth Materials35%
- Unit 4: Forces Within Earth28%
- Unit 5: Earth's Resources14%
The skills it tests · 41 skills
- A dynamic Earth and its spheres
- Abundance of crustal elements
- Atoms, compounds, and mineral chemistry
- Chemical and biochemical sedimentary rocks
- Clastic sedimentary rocks
- Crustal deformation and stress
- Defining minerals and mineral groups
- Divisions of the geologic time scale
- Earthquake scales
- Earthquakes and plate boundaries
- Eras and their dominant life forms
- Evidence for plate tectonics
- Evidence that Earth has changed over time
- Extracting and refining petroleum
- Faults and folds
- Formation and classes of sedimentary rocks
- Formation of Earth's layers
- Fossils and fossilization
- Hotspots and sphere interactions
- Identifying igneous rocks and kimberlite
- Identifying minerals by properties
- Igneous rocks: composition
- Igneous texture and Bowen's series
- Interpreting geological cross-sections
- Minerals, exploration, and ore processing
- Petroleum formation and kerogen
- Petroleum traps and reservoirs
- Plate boundaries and rift valleys
- Principles of relative dating
- Processing ore materials
- Radiometric dating and absolute time
- Rocks versus minerals
- Seismic waves and measuring earthquakes
- The nebular hypothesis
- The process of metamorphism
- The silicate tetrahedron
- Theories of Earth's internal structure
- Types and locations of metamorphism
- Uniformitarianism
- Using fossils and evidence of change
- Volcanoes and eruptions
How it’s built
- Selected Response
- Time
- 180 min
- Questions
- 80
- Marks
- 80
- Of the marks
- 100%
- Multiple choice
Multiple-choice questions, one mark each, on Earth's formation, historical geology, Earth materials, the forces within Earth, and Earth's resources.
How it’s marked
Multiple-choice questions are worth one mark each. The exam counts toward 15 per cent of your final grade.
On the day
One sitting on a school computer. No data sheet is named for this course. The province hasn't published the real exam's length; this practice allows three hours.
Getting ready
2 official documents to practise with, and 2 tips.
Official practice
Tips from the people who write it
- Read each question carefully and answer every one.
- Check your answers before you submit: you can't go back after.
The mark you need
Your class mark counts for 85% of the final mark, the exam for 15%.
You need
42% on the exam
With 75% in class, your final mark lands between 63.8% (0 on the exam) and 78.8% (100% on it).
More for you
Students
Start with the topics worth the most marks, then write full practice exams under the real time limit.
Practise itParents
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See the Parent DashboardEducators
The topic weights and the official practice above make a review plan. Students can practise each skill on its own in MapleMind, free with daily limits.
For schools
Questions about this exam
When is the Earth Systems 3209 Public Exam in 2026–27?
The next sitting is January 25 to February 5, 2027. This school year it’s written in Late January to early February 2027 (the date isn't published; inferred) and Mid to late June 2027 (the date isn't published; inferred from the old public exams' June sittings).
How long is the Earth Systems 3209 Public Exam?
It takes 3 hours in all, over 1 part.
How many questions are on the Earth Systems 3209 Public Exam?
It has 80 marked questions.
Can you use a calculator on the Earth Systems 3209 Public Exam?
No. Calculators aren’t allowed.
How much does the Earth Systems 3209 Public Exam count?
It’s worth 15% of the final mark in Earth Systems 3209.
Where can I find practice tests for the Earth Systems 3209 Public Exam?
Newfoundland & Labrador publishes Earth Systems 3209 sample test on the department's computer-based testing platform (Sample Items, 3000 Level Courses). MapleMind also builds a full practice exam in its format, free with an account.
Practise for the Earth Systems 3209 Public Exam
Every skill on the Earth Systems 3209 Public Exam, taught one at a time, then practised on questions written like the real ones.
