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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.Which holds more matter: a flat soccer ball or the same soccer ball pumped hard?
  • A.They hold exactly the same
  • B.The flat soccer ball
  • C.The pumped soccer ball, because it holds more air
2.A cup is pushed upside down into water and a tissue inside it stays dry. Why?
  • A.Air trapped in the cup fills the space, so the water cannot get in
  • B.Tissue cannot get wet
  • C.The water is too cold
3.A ball is weighed flat, then pumped full of air. What happens to its mass?
  • A.It goes down
  • B.It stays exactly the same, because air weighs nothing
  • 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 glass made it
  • B.The juice leaked through the glass
  • C.Water vapor in the air, a gas that turned back into liquid on the cold glass
5.Why can you not see the air around you?
  • A.There is nothing there
  • B.It is made of pieces of matter too small to see
  • C.It is hidden by light
6.A flat basketball is pumped up and gets bigger and firmer. Why?
  • A.The rubber has grown
  • B.More air has been pushed inside it
  • C.The ball has warmed up
7.A syringe with its end blocked cannot be pushed all the way in. Why?
  • A.The air inside is matter, and it takes up space
  • B.Air pulls the plunger back by magic
  • C.The syringe is broken
8.You blow through a straw into a glass of water. What are the bubbles?
  • A.Air from your lungs, pushed into the water
  • B.Soap
  • C.Water turning into steam

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Answer key — Air Is Something Too

Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The pumped soccer ball, because it holds more air
  2. 2.Air trapped in the cup fills the space, so the water cannot get in
  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.It is made of pieces of matter too small to see
  6. 6.More air has been pushed inside it
  7. 7.The air inside is matter, and it takes up space
  8. 8.Air from your lungs, pushed into the water

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