4-PS4-3 | Information Transmission · NYS standard · Grade 5 test questions
Generate and compare multiple solutions that use patterns to transfer information.
Clarification statement: Examples of solutions could include drums sending coded information through sound waves, using a grid of 1’s and 0’s representing black and white to send information about a picture, and using Morse code to send text.
Grade 5 Science Test Questions
Released New York State Grade 5 science test questions that assess 4-PS4-3 are listed here by test and question cluster. Each link opens the question with its answer key.
| Exam | Cluster | Question |
|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 Grade 5 Test | Information Transfer | Question 14 |
Vocabulary
Terms from the Elementary Science Glossary that come from this standard or from the released Grade 5 Science Test questions that assess it.
- binary
- code
- coded information
- constraint
- criteria
- drum
- generate and compare solutions
- grid
- Morse code
- solution
- sound wave
- transfer information
- binary code – Spring 2026
- communication – Spring 2026
- communication method – Spring 2026
- drum beat – Spring 2026
- drum signal – Spring 2026
- evidence – Spring 2026
- flashing light – Spring 2026
- light – Spring 2026
- mallet – Spring 2026
- sign language – Spring 2026
- sound – Spring 2026
- sound pattern – Spring 2026
- string-and-can telephone – Spring 2026
Performance Level Descriptions
Every Grade 5 Science Test question on 4-PS4-3 is written to match one of the performance level descriptions (PLDs) below.
Resources
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