5-ESS3-1 | Protecting Earth's Resources and Environment · NYS standard · Grade 5 test questions

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Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect Earth’s resources and environment.

Clarification statement: Emphasis should be on how communities use information to sustain resources and the environment locally, regionally, nationally, and/or internationally.

Grade 5 Science Test Questions

Released New York State Grade 5 science test questions that assess 5-ESS3-1 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 Natural Energy Resources Question 34
Spring 2024 Grade 5 Test Important Fish Question 15
Important Fish Question 16
Important Fish Question 17

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
  • community
  • Earth's resources
  • environment
  • evidence
  • obtain and combine information
  • resource
  • science idea
From released test questions

Performance Level Descriptions

Every Grade 5 Science Test question on 5-ESS3-1 is written to match one of the performance level descriptions (PLDs) below.

Level 1: Identify the information that describes a way an individual community uses a science idea to protect an Earth resource or the environment. Spring 2024 Question 15
Level 2: Interpret given information to provide evidence that describes ways individual communities use science ideas to protect Earth resources or the environment. Spring 2026 Question 34, Spring 2024 Question 16, Spring 2024 Question 17
Level 3: Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect Earth resources and environment.
Level 4: Obtain and combine scientific information to describe ways individual communities use science ideas to protect multiple Earth resources and the environment.
Notice: PLD levels!

Resources

Examples and discussion of resources for the learning, teaching, and assessment of 5-ESS3-1.

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Grades 3–5 science standards | 5. Earth’s Systems
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