Science 2 Teacher License Test Content: 7 Domains, 31 Standards and Weights

Last verified: 30 October 2026. Our sources are the candidate guide for the Teachers' Professional License test in Science 2 and the Science 2 teacher standards, both published by the Education and Training Evaluation Commission (ETEC) (1441 AH / 2020 edition; the guide is a trial edition). This guide is independent: it is not affiliated with ETEC, Qiyas (the National Center for Assessment), the Ministry of Education or any government body.

In short: the Science 2 test covers 31 standards in seven domains. Chemistry and physics alone are 50% of the questions and biology is 20%. The other 30% is split across four domains (earth science and astronomy, science teaching, history of science, and experimentation).

Science 1 and Science 2

ETEC offers two separate science tests, each with its own guide and standards. The Science 2 standards cover what an intermediate-school science teacher should know and be able to do, while Science 1 is for primary-school science teachers. This guide is about Science 2; Science 1 has its own page on this site.

Test format

The seven domains and their weights

These weights come from Figure 1 and the table on pages 6 and 7 of the candidate guide. The questions column is each domain's share of 88 questions, the split our mock exams use.

The guide gives no weight for each standard within a domain, so do not assume the standards are equal. Each question measures one indicator, and the test does not have to cover every indicator.

All 31 standards, one by one

Standard names follow the standards document, and the "What it tests" column is our summary of its indicators.

History, Nature and Integration of Science (7%)

Experimentation, Mathematical Skills and Data Representation (5%)

Biology (20%)

Earth Science and Astronomy (10%)

Chemistry (25%)

Physics (25%)

Science Teaching (8%)

The style of questions in ETEC's guide

The guide shows ten sample questions with the reasoning behind each answer, then twenty-six practice questions with an answer key that links each question to its standard and indicator. They show the pattern of the test:

• Direct concepts: "A scientific guess that can be tested is a…" The answer is a hypothesis.
• Safe lab behaviour: if a chemical spills on your foot, the first step is to wash the area with plenty of water.
• Short calculations: the mass of NaOH in 50.0 mL of a 1.5 M solution is 3 g, solved in three steps without a calculator.
• Reading figures: lab hazard symbols, motion graphs and energy diagrams.
• Teaching questions: which approach best suits designing an inquiry activity, from the science teaching domain.

ETEC itself notes that the guide's examples do not cover every aspect of the test and do not reflect how easy or hard the real questions are.

Biology, chemistry and physics each have their own subject test that goes much further than their share here: the Biology test (7 domains, 12 standards), the Chemistry test (7 domains, 17 standards) and the Physics test (8 domains, 18 standards). Choose the test that matches the subject of the job you are applying for.

How to use this table when you study

1. Start with the free questions to see which domains are weakest for you.
2. Order your time by weight: chemistry and physics first, then biology. The eight-week plan is built on these weights.
3. Do not neglect the small domains. History of science, experimentation and science teaching together are about 20% of the questions (roughly 17).
4. Practise calculations without a calculator, especially in chemistry and physics.

Your score on our questions is an estimate of readiness, not an official result. Each unit in unit practice is one of these seven domains, so if the free questions show a weakness in chemistry or earth and space science, you can practise that domain on its own.