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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.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
2.The blocked syringe can be pushed in a little way. What does that show?
  • A.The plunger has shrunk
  • B.The air has disappeared
  • C.The air inside can be squeezed into a smaller space
3.Wind pushes a sailing boat along. What does that show about air?
  • A.Boats move by themselves
  • B.Moving air is matter that can push on things
  • C.Air is empty space
4.Which holds more matter: a flat soccer ball or the same soccer ball pumped hard?
  • A.The pumped soccer ball, because it holds more air
  • B.The flat soccer ball
  • C.They hold exactly the same
5.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
6.A cup is pushed upside down into water and a tissue inside it stays dry. Why?
  • A.Tissue cannot get wet
  • B.Air trapped in the cup fills the space, so the water cannot get in
  • C.The water is too cold
7.Why can you not see the air around you?
  • A.It is made of pieces of matter too small to see
  • B.It is hidden by light
  • C.There is nothing there
8.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

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Answer key — Air Is Something Too

Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.It goes up slightly, because air has mass
  2. 2.The air inside can be squeezed into a smaller space
  3. 3.Moving air is matter that can push on things
  4. 4.The pumped soccer ball, because it holds more air
  5. 5.Water vapor in the air, a gas that turned back into liquid on the cold glass
  6. 6.Air trapped in the cup fills the space, so the water cannot get in
  7. 7.It is made of pieces of matter too small to see
  8. 8.The air inside is matter, and it takes up space

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