4-LS1-1 | Organism Structures and Function · NYS standard · Grade 5 test questions

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Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.

Clarification statement: Examples of structures could include thorns, stems, roots, colored petals, heart, stomach, lung, brain, and skin.

Assessment boundary: Assessment is limited to macroscopic structures within plant and animal systems.

Grade 5 Science Test Questions

Released New York State Grade 5 science test questions that assess 4-LS1-1 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 Locust Trees Question 28
Locust Trees Question 30
Spring 2024 Grade 5 Test Meerkats 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
  • animal
  • animal system
  • argument
  • behavior
  • brain
  • claim
  • evidence
  • external structure
  • growth
  • heart
  • internal structure
  • lung
  • macroscopic structure
  • petal
  • plant
  • plant system
  • reproduction
  • root
  • skin
  • stem
  • stomach
  • survival
  • thorn
From released test questions

Performance Level Descriptions

Every Grade 5 Science Test question on 4-LS1-1 is written to match one of the performance level descriptions (PLDs) below.

Level 1: Identify the argument, from those provide, that supports the claim that plants and/or animals have internal and/or external structures that allow for survival or growth or behavior or reproduction. Spring 2026 Question 30, Spring 2024 Question 24
Level 2: Construct an argument that plants and/or animals have internal and/or external structures that allow for survival or growth or behavior or reproduction. Spring 2026 Question 28
Level 3: Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Level 4: Construct an argument using multiple sources of evidence to demonstrate that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Notice: PLD levels!

Resources

Examples and discussion of resources for the learning, teaching, and assessment of 4-LS1-1.

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