Photosynthesis Check

5th Grade SciencePhotosynthesis2 pages

About this worksheet

This 5th grade science check fits on one page, with the answer key on page 2. Students look at a small plant with five numbered arrows and write what each shows from a word bank of carbon dioxide, oxygen, sunlight, sugar and water. Three multiple choice questions follow, on where in the leaf photosynthesis happens, which openings let carbon dioxide in and what supplies the energy. A last short answer asks whether most of a plant's mass comes from the soil. It supports NGSS 5-LS1-1.

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Curriculum objectives covered

5-LS1-1

โ€œSupport an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.โ€

Part 1 names the air and water a plant takes in, and question 5 asks where most of its mass comes from.

What's inside this worksheet

Part 1 Inputs and Outputs

A plant diagram with a sun arrow, arrows at the leaf and roots, and arrows leaving the leaf and stem. Students fill three input lines and two output lines from a five-word bank.

Part 2 Multiple Choice

Three questions with four choices each, using options such as roots, bark, petals, soil and wind alongside the right answers.

Part 3 Short Answer

One question asks whether most of a plant's mass comes from the soil, with three lines to explain.

Answers

Labels for the five arrows, the three letter answers and a model answer that most of the mass comes from air (carbon dioxide) and water.

How teachers use it

Exit ticket

Hand it out at the end of the unit and collect it at the door. Part 1 shows within minutes who still thinks soil is a plant's food.

Soil idea

Question 5 targets the belief that plants eat soil. Read two answers aloud without names and sort them into soil and air-and-water.

Arrow review

Draw the plant on the board and cover the word bank. Students call out what each arrow shows as you point.

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