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Back to the Sun is a free printable Grade 5 science worksheet on modeling how the energy in food was once energy from the sun, aligned to NGSS performance expectation 5-PS3-1. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

Set 23 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

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Back to the Sun

5-PS3-1

NameDate

Number the steps from 1 to 4.

1.Trace the energy in a bowl of cereal.
  • A person eats the cereal
  • Sunlight falls on a wheat field
  • The grain is milled into cereal
  • The wheat grows and makes grain
2.Trace the energy that keeps a bird warm on a cold night.
  • The bird uses the energy to stay warm
  • The bird eats the seeds
  • Sunlight falls on a seeding plant
  • The plant makes and stores food in its seeds

LessonPrint · 5-PS3-1 · Set 23 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Back to the Sun

Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Correct order: 2, 4, 3, 1
  2. 2.Correct order: 3, 4, 2, 1

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 5-PS3-1 of the Next Generation Science Standards.