4-ESS2-1 | Weathering and Erosion · NYS standard · Grade 5 test questions

Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.

Clarification statement: Examples of variables to test could include angle of slope in the downhill movement of water and/or loose Earth materials due to gravity, amount of vegetation, speed of wind, relative rate of deposition, cycles of freezing and thawing of water, cycles of heating and cooling, and volume of water flow.

Assessment boundary: Assessment is limited to a single form of weathering or erosion.

Grade 5 Science Test Questions

Released New York State Grade 5 science test questions that assess 4-ESS2-1 are listed here by test and question cluster. Each link opens the question with its answer key.

Exam	Cluster	Question
Spring 2024 Grade 5 Test	Weather Patterns	Question 14

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

angle of slope
cooling
deposition
downhill movement
Earth's materials
erosion
evidence
freezing
gravity
heating
loose Earth materials
measurement
observation
rate of deposition
rate of erosion
slope
speed of wind
thawing
variable
vegetation
volume of water flow
water
water flow
weathering
wind

From released test questions

earthquake – Spring 2024
flood – Spring 2024
floodwater – Spring 2024
heavy rainfall – Spring 2024
lightning – Spring 2024
rainfall – Spring 2024
running water – Spring 2024
soil – Spring 2024
storm – Spring 2024
stream – Spring 2024

Implied by this standard

sediment – implied by "loose Earth materials" and "relative rate of deposition"

Performance Level Descriptions

Every Grade 5 Science Test question on 4-ESS2-1 is written to match one of the performance level descriptions (PLDs) below.

Level 1: Identify one effect of weathering or erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation, from those given, based on an observation. Spring 2024 · Q14

Level 2: Identify the observation and/or measurement, from those given, that provides evidence of the effects of weathering or erosion by water, ice, wind or vegetation.

Level 3: Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion caused by water, ice, wind or vegetation.

Level 4: Make observations and/or measurements to identify patterns that provide evidence of the effects of weathering and the rate of erosion caused by water, ice, wind and vegetation.

Resources

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