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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 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
2.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
3.A flat basketball is pumped up and gets bigger and firmer. Why?
  • A.The ball has warmed up
  • B.The rubber has grown
  • C.More air has been pushed inside it
4.Which holds more matter: a flat soccer ball or the same soccer ball pumped hard?
  • A.The flat soccer ball
  • B.They hold exactly the same
  • C.The pumped soccer ball, because it holds more air
5.An "empty" bottle is held mouth-down under water and tilted. Bubbles come out. What were they?
  • A.Water that turned into gas
  • B.Nothing, it was empty
  • C.Air that was in the bottle all along
6.You blow through a straw into a glass of water. What are the bubbles?
  • A.Water turning into steam
  • B.Air from your lungs, pushed into the water
  • C.Soap
7.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.Water vapor in the air, a gas that turned back into liquid on the cold glass
  • C.The glass made it
8.The blocked syringe can be pushed in a little way. What does that show?
  • A.The air inside can be squeezed into a smaller space
  • B.The air has disappeared
  • C.The plunger has shrunk

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Answer key — Air Is Something Too

Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The air inside is matter, and it takes up space
  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.The pumped soccer ball, because it holds more air
  5. 5.Air that was in the bottle all along
  6. 6.Air from your lungs, pushed into the water
  7. 7.Water vapor in the air, a gas that turned back into liquid on the cold glass
  8. 8.The air inside can be squeezed into a smaller space

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