Round and Round the Matter Goes is a free printable Grade 5 science worksheet on modelling how matter moves among plants, animals, decomposers and the environment, aligned to Common Core standard 5-LS2-1. 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 pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 14 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Round and Round the Matter Goes
5-LS2-1
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Draw a line from each event to the move it makes.
1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Woodlice and fungi break down fallen leaves
Compost is dug into a vegetable bed
An animal breathes gas out into the air
Roots take up minerals released by decomposers
A.Matter moves from an animal into the environment
B.Matter moves from the soil back into a plant
C.Matter moves from a plant into decomposers
D.Matter moves from decomposers back into the soil
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A fox eats the rabbit
A plant takes in gas from the air and water from the soil
A dead animal is broken down in the soil
A rabbit eats the plant
A.Matter moves from an animal into the environment
B.Matter moves from the environment into a plant
C.Matter moves from a plant into an animal
D.Matter moves from one animal into another
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Answer key — Round and Round the Matter Goes
Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Woodlice and fungi break down fallen leaves — C (Matter moves from a plant into decomposers) 2. Compost is dug into a vegetable bed — D (Matter moves from decomposers back into the soil) 3. An animal breathes gas out into the air — A (Matter moves from an animal into the environment) 4. Roots take up minerals released by decomposers — B (Matter moves from the soil back into a plant)
2.1. A fox eats the rabbit — D (Matter moves from one animal into another) 2. A plant takes in gas from the air and water from the soil — B (Matter moves from the environment into a plant) 3. A dead animal is broken down in the soil — A (Matter moves from an animal into the environment) 4. A rabbit eats the plant — C (Matter moves from a plant into an animal)
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