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| Level4 = Develop a model that includes multiple pathways to describe the movement of matter and energy among multiple plants (producers), animals (consumers), decomposers and the environment.
 
| Level4 = Develop a model that includes multiple pathways to describe the movement of matter and energy among multiple plants (producers), animals (consumers), decomposers and the environment.
 
| Level3 = Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants (producers), animals (consumers), decomposers, and the environment.
 
| Level3 = Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants (producers), animals (consumers), decomposers, and the environment.
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| Example3 = [[Questions:The Albany Pine Bush Ecosystem#q1|Spring 2025 · Q21]] [[Questions:Meerkats#q2|Spring 2024 · Q25]]
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| Example3 = <span class="pld-chip pld-chip-g5">[[Questions:The Albany Pine Bush Ecosystem#q1|Spring 2025 · Q21]]</span> <span class="pld-chip pld-chip-g5">[[Questions:Meerkats#q2|Spring 2024 · Q25]]</span>
 
| Level2 = Use a model of a food web to describe the movement of matter among plants (producers), animals (consumers), decomposers, and/or the environment.
 
| Level2 = Use a model of a food web to describe the movement of matter among plants (producers), animals (consumers), decomposers, and/or the environment.
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| Example2 = [[Questions:Wolves in Yellowstone National Park#q3|Spring 2026 · Q12]]
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| Example2 = <span class="pld-chip pld-chip-g5">[[Questions:Wolves in Yellowstone National Park#q3|Spring 2026 · Q12]]</span>
 
| Level1 = Identify the evidence in a model of a food web that shows one pathway for the transfer of matter among plants (producers), animals (consumers), decomposers, and/or the environment.
 
| Level1 = Identify the evidence in a model of a food web that shows one pathway for the transfer of matter among plants (producers), animals (consumers), decomposers, and/or the environment.
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| Example1 = [[Questions:Locust Trees#q4|Spring 2026 · Q31]]
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| Example1 = <span class="pld-chip pld-chip-g5">[[Questions:Locust Trees#q4|Spring 2026 · Q31]]</span>
 
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Latest revision as of 09:44, 18 October 2026

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants (producers), animals (consumers), decomposers, and the environment.

Clarification statement: Emphasis is on the flow of energy and cycling of matter in systems such as organisms, ecosystems, and/or Earth.

Assessment boundary: Assessment does not include molecular explanations.

Grade 5 Science Test Questions

Released New York State Grade 5 science test questions that assess 5-LS2-1 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 Wolves in Yellowstone National Park Question 12
Locust Trees Question 31
Spring 2025 Grade 5 Test The Albany Pine Bush Ecosystem Question 21
Spring 2024 Grade 5 Test Meerkats Question 25

Vocabulary

Terms from the Elementary Science Glossary that come from this standard or from the released Grade 5 Science Test questions that assess it.

From this standard
  • animal
  • consumer
  • cycling of matter
  • decomposer
  • ecosystem
  • energy
  • environment
  • evidence
  • flow of energy
  • food web
  • matter
  • model
  • molecular explanation
  • movement of matter
  • organism
  • pathway
  • plant
  • producer
  • system
From released test questions
Implied by this standard
  • food chain – implied by "the movement of matter among plants (producers), animals (consumers), decomposers, and the environment" (a food web is named in the PLDs)

Performance Level Descriptions

Every Grade 5 Science Test question on 5-LS2-1 is written to match one of the performance level descriptions (PLDs) below.

Level 1: Identify the evidence in a model of a food web that shows one pathway for the transfer of matter among plants (producers), animals (consumers), decomposers, and/or the environment. Spring 2026 · Q31
Level 2: Use a model of a food web to describe the movement of matter among plants (producers), animals (consumers), decomposers, and/or the environment. Spring 2026 · Q12
Level 3: Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants (producers), animals (consumers), decomposers, and the environment. Spring 2025 · Q21 Spring 2024 · Q25
Level 4: Develop a model that includes multiple pathways to describe the movement of matter and energy among multiple plants (producers), animals (consumers), decomposers and the environment.

Resources

Examples and discussion of resources for the learning, teaching, and assessment of 5-LS2-1.

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Grades 3–5 science standards | 5. Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems