5-LS2-1 | Cycling of Matter · NYS standard · Grade 5 test questions

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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 Question 31
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 Question 12
Level 3: Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants (producers), animals (consumers), decomposers, and the environment. Spring 2025 Question 21
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.
Notice: PLD levels!

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
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