Michigan - MSTEP released items MSTEP: Grade 5 - Science (3/4/2026)

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Read the passage, look at the pictures, and answer the questions.

Lights Out!

Students are learning about eyes in science class. During their class discussion, a power outage occurs and the lights go out in the classroom. While the teacher looks for a flashlight, one student exclaims, “I can’t see anything!” The teacher turns on a flashlight and points it across the classroom to a plant on a table. The teacher says, “This makes me wonder how we are able to see the plant.”

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Michigan - MSTEP released items MSTEP: Grade 5 - Science (3/4/2026)

Michigan - MSTEP released items MSTEP: Grade 5 - Science (3/4/2026)

Which statement best describes how the students are able to see the plant?

Eyes collect information about the world in the form of light. Which statement best describes how this information is processed?

Lights Out!

This question has two parts.
Part A
After a while, the lights come back on in the classroom. How will the students’ pupils most likely change?

This question has two parts.
Based on the models, identify the similarities and differences among the life cycle stages of the organisms.
Part A
Select all the similarities among the life cycle stages of the organisms.

Grasshoppers

Investigation Procedure

Plant Investigation Data

Which statement best describes how the students are able to see the plant?

Eyes collect information about the world in the form of light. Which statement best describes how this information is processed?

Lights Out!

This question has two parts.
Part A
After a while, the lights come back on in the classroom. How will the students’ pupils most likely change?

Part B
Which statement best explains the change in pupil diameter described in Part A?

Part B: Reasoning Statements
Choose one reasoning statement that supports the claim for the effect of light on pupil diameter.

This question has two parts.
Based on the models, identify the similarities and differences among the life cycle stages of the organisms.
Part A
Select all the similarities among the life cycle stages of the organisms.

Part B
Select all the differences among the life cycle stages of the organisms.

This question has two parts.
The students are given a container with an adult grasshopper and two insects in their young stages.
Part A
Which insect is most likely to be the offspring of the adult grasshopper?

Part B
Select one evidence statement that supports your answer in Part A.

Grasshopper eggs must remain moist to survive. When very little rainfall occurs in the ecosystem, how might the population of grasshoppers be affected?
Select three events in the correct sequence from the list of Possible Events to complete the graphic organizer.

Grasshoppers

Investigation Procedure

Plant Investigation Data

Part B
Choose the height of the bar for Plant A: Day 15 that best displays the student’s data in the graph.

Part C
Choose the height of the bar for Plant B: Day 15 that best displays the student’s data in the graph.

Part B
Which statement best explains the change in pupil diameter described in Part A?

Part B: Reasoning Statements
Choose one reasoning statement that supports the claim for the effect of light on pupil diameter.

Part B
Select all the differences among the life cycle stages of the organisms.

This question has two parts.
The students are given a container with an adult grasshopper and two insects in their young stages.
Part A
Which insect is most likely to be the offspring of the adult grasshopper?

Part B
Select one evidence statement that supports your answer in Part A.

Grasshopper eggs must remain moist to survive. When very little rainfall occurs in the ecosystem, how might the population of grasshoppers be affected?
Select three events in the correct sequence from the list of Possible Events to complete the graphic organizer.

Part B
Choose the height of the bar for Plant A: Day 15 that best displays the student’s data in the graph.

Part C
Choose the height of the bar for Plant B: Day 15 that best displays the student’s data in the graph.

Michigan - MSTEP released items MSTEP: Grade 5 - Science (3/4/2026)

Michigan - MSTEP released items MSTEP: Grade 5 - Science (3/4/2026)

Which statement best describes how the students are able to see the plant?

Eyes collect information about the world in the form of light. Which statement best describes how this information is processed?

Lights Out!

This question has two parts.Part AAfter a while, the lights come back on in the classroom. How will the students’ pupils most likely change?

This question has two parts.Based on the models, identify the similarities and differences among the life cycle stages of the organisms.Part ASelect all the similarities among the life cycle stages of the organisms.

Grasshoppers

Investigation Procedure

Plant Investigation Data

Which statement best describes how the students are able to see the plant?

Eyes collect information about the world in the form of light. Which statement best describes how this information is processed?

Lights Out!

This question has two parts.Part AAfter a while, the lights come back on in the classroom. How will the students’ pupils most likely change?

Part BWhich statement best explains the change in pupil diameter described in Part A?

Part B: Reasoning StatementsChoose one reasoning statement that supports the claim for the effect of light on pupil diameter.

This question has two parts.Based on the models, identify the similarities and differences among the life cycle stages of the organisms.Part ASelect all the similarities among the life cycle stages of the organisms.

Part BSelect all the differences among the life cycle stages of the organisms.

This question has two parts.The students are given a container with an adult grasshopper and two insects in their young stages.Part AWhich insect is most likely to be the offspring of the adult grasshopper?

Part BSelect one evidence statement that supports your answer in Part A.

Grasshopper eggs must remain moist to survive. When very little rainfall occurs in the ecosystem, how might the population of grasshoppers be affected?Select three events in the correct sequence from the list of Possible Events to complete the graphic organizer.

Grasshoppers

Investigation Procedure

Plant Investigation Data

Part BChoose the height of the bar for Plant A: Day 15 that best displays the student’s data in the graph.

Part CChoose the height of the bar for Plant B: Day 15 that best displays the student’s data in the graph.

Part BWhich statement best explains the change in pupil diameter described in Part A?

Part B: Reasoning StatementsChoose one reasoning statement that supports the claim for the effect of light on pupil diameter.

Part BSelect all the differences among the life cycle stages of the organisms.

This question has two parts.The students are given a container with an adult grasshopper and two insects in their young stages.Part AWhich insect is most likely to be the offspring of the adult grasshopper?

Part BSelect one evidence statement that supports your answer in Part A.

Grasshopper eggs must remain moist to survive. When very little rainfall occurs in the ecosystem, how might the population of grasshoppers be affected?Select three events in the correct sequence from the list of Possible Events to complete the graphic organizer.

Part BChoose the height of the bar for Plant A: Day 15 that best displays the student’s data in the graph.

Part CChoose the height of the bar for Plant B: Day 15 that best displays the student’s data in the graph.

This question has two parts.
Part A
After a while, the lights come back on in the classroom. How will the students’ pupils most likely change?

This question has two parts.
Based on the models, identify the similarities and differences among the life cycle stages of the organisms.
Part A
Select all the similarities among the life cycle stages of the organisms.

This question has two parts.
Part A
After a while, the lights come back on in the classroom. How will the students’ pupils most likely change?

Part B
Which statement best explains the change in pupil diameter described in Part A?

Part B: Reasoning Statements
Choose one reasoning statement that supports the claim for the effect of light on pupil diameter.

This question has two parts.
Based on the models, identify the similarities and differences among the life cycle stages of the organisms.
Part A
Select all the similarities among the life cycle stages of the organisms.

Part B
Select all the differences among the life cycle stages of the organisms.

This question has two parts.
The students are given a container with an adult grasshopper and two insects in their young stages.
Part A
Which insect is most likely to be the offspring of the adult grasshopper?

Part B
Select one evidence statement that supports your answer in Part A.

Grasshopper eggs must remain moist to survive. When very little rainfall occurs in the ecosystem, how might the population of grasshoppers be affected?
Select three events in the correct sequence from the list of Possible Events to complete the graphic organizer.

Part B
Choose the height of the bar for Plant A: Day 15 that best displays the student’s data in the graph.

Part C
Choose the height of the bar for Plant B: Day 15 that best displays the student’s data in the graph.

Part B
Which statement best explains the change in pupil diameter described in Part A?

Part B: Reasoning Statements
Choose one reasoning statement that supports the claim for the effect of light on pupil diameter.

Part B
Select all the differences among the life cycle stages of the organisms.

This question has two parts.
The students are given a container with an adult grasshopper and two insects in their young stages.
Part A
Which insect is most likely to be the offspring of the adult grasshopper?

Part B
Select one evidence statement that supports your answer in Part A.

Grasshopper eggs must remain moist to survive. When very little rainfall occurs in the ecosystem, how might the population of grasshoppers be affected?
Select three events in the correct sequence from the list of Possible Events to complete the graphic organizer.

Part B
Choose the height of the bar for Plant A: Day 15 that best displays the student’s data in the graph.

Part C
Choose the height of the bar for Plant B: Day 15 that best displays the student’s data in the graph.