3-LS3-2 | Environmental Influence · NYS standard · Grade 5 test questions
Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.
Clarification statement: Examples of the environment affecting a trait could include normally tall plants grown with insufficient water are stunted; and, a pet dog that is given too much food and little exercise may become overweight.
Grade 5 Science Test Questions
Released New York State Grade 5 science test questions that assess 3-LS3-2 are listed here by test and question cluster. Each link opens the question with its answer key.
| Exam | Cluster | Question |
|---|---|---|
| Spring 2025 Grade 5 Test | Traits and Survival of Dogs | Question 3 |
| Spring 2024 Grade 5 Test | Meerkats | Question 28 |
Vocabulary
Terms from the Elementary Science Glossary that come from this standard or from the released Grade 5 Science Test questions that assess it.
- cause and effect relationship
- environment
- evidence
- explanation
- food
- influenced by the environment
- inheritance
- insufficient water
- overweight
- stunted
- trait
- air temperature – Spring 2024
- average mass – Spring 2024
- claim – Spring 2024
- daily maximum air temperature – Spring 2024
- desert – Spring 2024
- diet – Spring 2025
- graph – Spring 2024
- inherited trait – Spring 2025
- length of daylight – Spring 2025
- mass – Spring 2024
- maximum air temperature – Spring 2024
- natural cycle – Spring 2025
- pup – Spring 2024
- temperature – Spring 2025, Spring 2024
- weight – Spring 2024
Performance Level Descriptions
Every Grade 5 Science Test question on 3-LS3-2 is written to match one of the performance level descriptions (PLDs) below.
Resources
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