Plants & Animals - Grade 5 Science Worksheet 5 - Free Printable

Download this free printable Plants & Animals worksheet for Grade 5 Science. Perfect for practice, homework, and classroom use.

Grade 5 Science practice

This printable Plants & Animals worksheet is part of the free WizKidsHub Grade 5 Science collection. Print it at home or in the classroom for extra practice.

What this worksheet teaches

• Use accurate vocabulary such as habitat, species, producer, consumer and decomposer.
• Explain photosynthesis and respiration in simple terms and say where in the plant each happens.
• Classify animals into vertebrate groups and justify the choice with more than one feature.
• Trace energy through a food web and predict what happens if one organism is removed.

How to use this worksheet

If a flower is available, take it apart alongside the reproduction questions. Naming the stamen and stigma on a real flower takes a few minutes and saves a lot of confusion later, because the diagram in a worksheet rarely matches the shape of the flower a child actually knows.

Sample questions from this worksheet

1. Animals that live both on land and in water are called:
2. A polar bear's white fur helps it to:

Frequently asked questions

My child confuses photosynthesis and respiration. Any tips?

Very common, because both involve gases. Anchor it by purpose: photosynthesis makes food and happens mainly in the light; respiration releases energy from that food and happens all the time, in plants as well as animals.

Are decomposers included?

Yes, food-web questions at Grade 5 usually include decomposers, since energy returning to the soil is part of the expected picture at this level.

Is this suitable revision before a test?

Yes. The mix of labelling, classification and short explanation questions matches the format of most Grade 5 science assessments on living things.