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 8 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
An animal breathes gas out into the air
A rabbit eats the plant
A dead animal is broken down in the soil
A.Matter moves from an animal into the environment
B.Matter moves from an animal into the environment
C.Matter moves from a plant into an animal
D.Matter moves from a plant into decomposers
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A plant takes in gas from the air and water from the soil
Compost is dug into a vegetable bed
Roots take up minerals released by decomposers
A fox eats the rabbit
A.Matter moves from the soil back into a plant
B.Matter moves from one animal into another
C.Matter moves from decomposers back into the soil
D.Matter moves from the environment into a plant
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Answer key — Round and Round the Matter Goes
Set 8. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Woodlice and fungi break down fallen leaves — D (Matter moves from a plant into decomposers) 2. An animal breathes gas out into the air — A (Matter moves from an animal into the environment) 3. A rabbit eats the plant — C (Matter moves from a plant into an animal) 4. A dead animal is broken down in the soil — A (Matter moves from an animal into the environment)
2.1. A plant takes in gas from the air and water from the soil — D (Matter moves from the environment into a plant) 2. Compost is dug into a vegetable bed — C (Matter moves from decomposers back into the soil) 3. Roots take up minerals released by decomposers — A (Matter moves from the soil back into a plant) 4. A fox eats the rabbit — B (Matter moves from one animal into another)
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