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 23 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
A plant takes in gas from the air and water from the soil
Compost is dug into a vegetable bed
An animal breathes gas out into the air
A.Matter moves from an animal into the environment
B.Matter moves from a plant into decomposers
C.Matter moves from decomposers back into the soil
D.Matter moves from the environment into a plant
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Roots take up minerals released by decomposers
A rabbit eats the plant
A dead animal is broken down in the soil
A fox eats the rabbit
A.Matter moves from an animal into the environment
B.Matter moves from a plant into an animal
C.Matter moves from one animal into another
D.Matter moves from the soil back into a plant
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Answer key — Round and Round the Matter Goes
Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Woodlice and fungi break down fallen leaves — B (Matter moves from a plant into decomposers) 2. A plant takes in gas from the air and water from the soil — D (Matter moves from the environment into a plant) 3. Compost is dug into a vegetable bed — C (Matter moves from decomposers back into the soil) 4. An animal breathes gas out into the air — A (Matter moves from an animal into the environment)
2.1. Roots take up minerals released by decomposers — D (Matter moves from the soil back into a plant) 2. A rabbit eats the plant — B (Matter moves from a plant into an animal) 3. A dead animal is broken down in the soil — A (Matter moves from an animal into the environment) 4. A fox eats the rabbit — C (Matter moves from one animal into another)
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