3-ESS2-3 | Weather and Water Processes · NYS standard · Grade 5 test questions

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Plan and conduct an investigation to determine the connections between weather and water processes in Earth systems.

Clarification statement: Emphasis should be on the processes that connect the water cycle and weather patterns.

Note: this is a NYSED-specific performance expectation that is different from the Next Generation Science Standards.

Grade 5 Science Test Questions

Released New York State Grade 5 science test questions that assess 3-ESS2-3 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 Hurricane Formation Question 24

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
  • cause and effect relationship
  • Earth systems
  • investigation
  • plan and conduct an investigation
  • prediction
  • variable
  • water cycle
  • water process
  • weather
  • weather pattern
From released test questions

Performance Level Descriptions

Every Grade 5 Science Test question on 3-ESS2-3 is written to match one of the performance level descriptions (PLDs) below.

Level 1: Using the results of an investigation, determine a cause and effect relationship between weather and a water process in Earth systems. Spring 2026 Question 24
Level 2: Conduct an investigation to determine the cause and effect relationships between weather and a water process in Earth systems.
Level 3: Plan and conduct an investigation to determine the connections between weather and water processes in Earth systems.
Level 4: Plan and conduct an investigation to determine the cause and effect relationships between weather and water processes in Earth systems and make a prediction about what would happen if one of the variables changes within the investigation.
Notice: PLD levels!

Resources

Examples and discussion of resources for the learning, teaching, and assessment of 3-ESS2-3.

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Grades 3–5 science standards | 3. Weather and Climate
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