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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.You blow through a straw into a glass of water. What are the bubbles?
  • A.Soap
  • B.Water turning into steam
  • C.Air from your lungs, pushed into the water
2.A cup is pushed upside down into water and a tissue inside it stays dry. Why?
  • A.The water is too cold
  • B.Tissue cannot get wet
  • C.Air trapped in the cup fills the space, so the water cannot get in
3.A flat basketball is pumped up and gets bigger and firmer. Why?
  • A.The ball has warmed up
  • B.More air has been pushed inside it
  • C.The rubber has grown
4.A balloon tied tight shrinks a little in the freezer. Has any air got out?
  • A.Yes, the air turned to ice
  • B.No, the same air takes up less space when it is cold
  • C.Yes, half the air escaped
5.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.Water that turned into gas
  • C.Nothing, it was empty
6.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
7.Which holds more matter: a flat soccer ball or the same soccer ball pumped hard?
  • A.They hold exactly the same
  • B.The pumped soccer ball, because it holds more air
  • C.The flat soccer ball
8.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

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Answer key — Air Is Something Too

Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Air from your lungs, pushed into the water
  2. 2.Air trapped in the cup fills the space, so the water cannot get in
  3. 3.More air has been pushed inside it
  4. 4.No, the same air takes up less space when it is cold
  5. 5.Air that was in the bottle all along
  6. 6.It is made of pieces of matter too small to see
  7. 7.The pumped soccer ball, because it holds more air
  8. 8.Water vapor in the air, a gas that turned back into liquid on the cold glass

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