NGSS · Physical Science · Grade 5

5-PS3-1 Energy in Food Comes From the Sun

Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, and motion and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun.

Kentucky 5-PS3-1 uses the same wording.

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