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Air Is Something Too is a free printable Grade 5 science worksheet on evidence that air and other gases are matter that takes up space, aligned to NGSS performance expectation 5-PS1-1. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Air Is Something Too

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1.Wind pushes a sailing boat along. What does that show about air?
  • A.Air is empty space
  • B.Boats move by themselves
  • C.Moving air is matter that can push on things
2.An "empty" bottle is held mouth-down under water and tilted. Bubbles come out. What were they?
  • A.Air that was in the bottle all along
  • B.Nothing, it was empty
  • C.Water that turned into gas
3.A ball is weighed flat, then pumped full of air. What happens to its mass?
  • A.It stays exactly the same, because air weighs nothing
  • B.It goes down
  • C.It goes up slightly, because air has mass
4.Drops form on the outside of a cold glass of juice. Where did the water come from?
  • A.The juice leaked through the glass
  • B.The glass made it
  • C.Water vapor in the air, a gas that turned back into liquid on the cold glass
5.A balloon tied tight shrinks a little in the freezer. Has any air got out?
  • A.Yes, the air turned to ice
  • B.Yes, half the air escaped
  • C.No, the same air takes up less space when it is cold
6.A flat basketball is pumped up and gets bigger and firmer. Why?
  • A.More air has been pushed inside it
  • B.The rubber has grown
  • C.The ball has warmed up
7.A syringe with its end blocked cannot be pushed all the way in. Why?
  • A.The syringe is broken
  • B.Air pulls the plunger back by magic
  • C.The air inside is matter, and it takes up space
8.Why can you not see the air around you?
  • A.It is hidden by light
  • B.There is nothing there
  • C.It is made of pieces of matter too small to see

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Answer key — Air Is Something Too

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  1. 1.Moving air is matter that can push on things
  2. 2.Air that was in the bottle all along
  3. 3.It goes up slightly, because air has mass
  4. 4.Water vapor in the air, a gas that turned back into liquid on the cold glass
  5. 5.No, the same air takes up less space when it is cold
  6. 6.More air has been pushed inside it
  7. 7.The air inside is matter, and it takes up space
  8. 8.It is made of pieces of matter too small to see

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 5-PS1-1 of the Next Generation Science Standards.