
Body Systems and Their Jobs
5th grade body systems match: link six systems to their jobs and organs, then answer three questions. Printable with answer key.
5th grade human body systems worksheets: the skeletal, muscular, circulatory, respiratory, digestive and nervous systems, their organs and jobs, and how they work together.

5th grade body systems match: link six systems to their jobs and organs, then answer three questions. Printable with answer key.

5th grade body systems organ sort: place eighteen organs into six systems, then answer three questions on how systems work together. Answer key included.

5th grade body systems worksheet: name the systems in four everyday actions and complete a running flow diagram. Sample answers included.

5th grade reading passage on body systems: Maya's soccer game, 10 questions on facts, inference and evidence, with an answer key.

5th grade body systems vocabulary: match 12 words from cell to nerve to their definitions, then complete eight sentences. Answer key included.

5th grade human body systems check: match six organs to systems, five multiple choice questions and one short answer. Answer key included.
“Match each body system to its main job.”
“Name organs that belong to each major body system.”
“Explain how one organ can belong to two systems.”
“Sort body parts into the system where they do their main job.”
“Explain how one organ can belong to two body systems.”
“Name the body systems involved in an everyday action and say what each one does.”
“Follow a sequence of body responses to exercise.”
RI.5.1
“Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.”
L.5.4a
“Use context (e.g., cause/effect relationships and comparisons in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.”
“Define key words for the human body, from cell and tissue to organ and system.”
“Use words about breathing, blood and movement in a sentence.”
“Match organs to the body system they belong to.”
“State the main job of a body system.”
“Explain how two body systems work together.”
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5th grade photosynthesis worksheets: how plants use sunlight, water and carbon dioxide to make sugar and oxygen, the parts of a leaf, and where a tree's mass comes from.

5th grade physical and chemical changes worksheets: telling the two apart, signs of a chemical change, mixing substances, and showing that mass is conserved.

5th grade digestive system worksheets: labeling the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small and large intestines, liver and pancreas, the path of food and what each organ does.

5th grade gravity worksheets: gravity pulls objects toward Earth's center, mass and weight, falling objects and air resistance, and gravity in the solar system.

5th grade layers of the Earth worksheets: crust, mantle, outer core and inner core, how thick and hot each layer is, and how scientists learn about Earth's inside.

5th grade layers of the atmosphere worksheets: troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere and exosphere, what happens in each layer, and the ozone layer.

5th grade muscular system worksheets: skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscle, how muscles pull in pairs, labeling major muscles, a pulse and exercise investigation and a check.

5th grade respiratory system worksheets: labeling the nose, trachea, bronchi, lungs, alveoli and diaphragm, the path of air, breathing in and out, a breathing rate investigation and a check.

5th grade circulatory system worksheets: the heart and its four chambers, arteries, veins and capillaries, the path of blood, a pulse investigation and a check.

5th grade nervous system worksheets: the brain, spinal cord and nerves, parts of the brain and their jobs, the five senses as messages, a reaction time test and a check.

5th grade heat transfer worksheets: conduction, convection and radiation, conductors and insulators of heat, a cup insulation investigation and a check.

5th grade density worksheets: what density means, sinking and floating, a density column with liquids, simple density calculations with mass and volume, and a check.

5th grade mixtures and solutions worksheets: telling mixtures from solutions, separating mixtures by sieving, magnets, filtering and evaporation, a dissolving investigation and a check.

5th grade food web worksheets: producers, consumers and decomposers, reading forest and ocean food webs, energy flow arrows, what happens when one population changes, and a check.

5th grade constellation worksheets: what constellations are, the Big Dipper, Orion and Cassiopeia, why the stars seem to move through the night and the year, a star chart and a check.