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How Plants Make Food
Grade 5 - Science - Building Confidence
Worksheet 1
1Which inputs does the maple sapling use to make food?
2What is the role of sunlight absorbed by leaves when a oak seedling makes food?
3Which product is made by the maple sapling during food-making?
4Which evidence best supports the claim that oak seedlings build growth material from air and water?
5Why is "plants get all their food from soil" a weak explanation for a maple sapling?
6Which inputs does the tomato plant use to make food?
7What is the role of light from the Sun when a tomato plant makes food?
8Which product is made by the oak seedling during food-making?
9Which evidence best supports the claim that tomato plants build growth material from air and water?
10Why is "plants get all their food from soil" a weak explanation for a oak seedling?
About this worksheet
How plants make food requires students to connect sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide with the sugars plants use for growth asks fifth graders to connect a model, data table, or observation with a scientific explanation. Students may say plants get food from soil because roots are visible, but Grade 5 life science asks them to use evidence that most plant matter comes from air and water. This worksheet keeps each question tied to the named science idea, so students cannot answer by eliminating vocabulary from a different unit. Students identify inputs for food-making, explain the role of sunlight, choose evidence about plant growth, and distinguish soil support from the main source of plant matter. Support versions use familiar examples and direct observations. Standard and challenge versions add closer distractors, multi-step evidence, and model-based reasoning. Ask your child to point to the measurement, diagram, or cause-and-effect clue before choosing. If an answer sounds scientific but does not explain the evidence in the prompt, it is probably a distractor.
What your child will learn
Name plant inputs
Use sunlight energy
Explain sugar production
Use growth evidence
Worked example
A bean plant uses water and carbon dioxide with sunlight energy to make sugars for growth.
Common mistake
Saying soil is the plant's food instead of a source of support and some minerals.
Worksheet 1