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AP Chemistry

In 2025, AP Chemistry is offered online on 2 dates:

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2025 Test Information and Resources

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Test Details

The AP Chemistry exam will consist of 2 online free response questions. The total time for the exam will be 45 minutes. The test is open note and open book. Read more about the College Board's academic integrity policy.

Time on the exam will be divided between two questions. Each question will have a 5 minute upload period for students to submit their work. After a student submits their work for the first question, they will not be able to return back to it.

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Units Covered

The units covered on the 2025 AP Chemistry exam will be adjusted to encourage fairness amongst students who have missed varying levels of school due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Units covered: Units 1–7
Units not covered: Units 8–9
Please note: Even when concepts in some of the included units (1–7) overlap with units 8–9, questions on the 2020 exam will not require student knowledge of concepts in units 8 and 9. For example, pH sensitivity (Topic 7.13) and free energy considerations of solubility equilibrium (Topic 7.14) are connected to Unit 8 and Unit 9, respectively, but students will not be required to use concepts from units 8 and 9 in order to answer questions successfully.

Test Questions

Long free-response question

Question #1
Time: 25 minutes
Weight: 60%

Question 1 presents students with a chemical system and/or data and assesses students’ ability to

  • Explain chemical phenomena using models, theories, and representations at the particulate and macroscopic levels
  • Draw conclusions from experimental results, identify and explain experimental procedures that are aligned to a question, and analyze sources of error
  • Analyze a system with quantitative reasoning
  • Support claims with evidence and reasoning
Long free-response question

Question #2
Time: 15 minutes
Weight: 40%

Question 2 presents students with a chemical system and/or data and assesses students’ ability to

  • Explain chemical phenomena using models, theories, and representations at the particulate and macroscopic levels
  • Draw conclusions from experimental results, identify and explain experimental procedures that are aligned to a question, and analyze sources of error
  • Analyze a system with quantitative reasoning
  • Support claims with evidence and reasoning

Academic Integrity

College Board is taking a strong stance against cheating on the 2025 online Chemistry test. The following anti-cheating measures will be deployed on testing day to prevent cheating amongst students:

Students found violating the academic integrity policy will suffer severe consequences, including:

All data sourced from College Board AP Coronavirus Updates site. Read more here.